New Westminster Record February 15 2018

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Pattullo Bridge gets thumbs up in speech By Theresa McManus

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GREENERY WANTED: Rick Vugteveen and Alice Cavanagh appeared on behalf of the Brow of the Hill Residents’ Association at a city council meeting, where they appealed to the city to plant more trees and create more greenspaces in the neighbourhood. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

A little bare in the Brow? Residents lobby for more trees and greenspaces in their neighbourhood hood by planting more trees and creating more parks.While the neighbourhood continues to densify and accommodate more residents, the group is concerned that little greenspace has been created in Brow of the Hill for decades. “Right now in Brow of the Hill, we have a situation where, for 20 years now there’s been a city policy calling for added green space, city policies for additional trees, city poli-

By Theresa McManus

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The Brow of the Hill neighbourhood is woefully lacking in trees and greenspaces, but residents are hoping that will change – and soon. The Brow of the Hill Residents’ Association is appealing to the city to introduce some short-term and long-term initiatives aimed at improving the livability of the neighbour-

cies have called for quite a few amenities in that neighbourhood,” said area resident Alice Cavanagh. “None of them have come forward, so we wanted to review what the current situation in the Brow of the Hill is and offer some suggestions.” The residents’ association is calling on the City of New Westminster to initiate “pocket park” planning in 2018, with the goal of creating spaces in

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The provincial government is driving forward with plans to replace the Pattullo Bridge. The aging bridge was the lone infrastructure project in B.C. specifically mentioned in the NDP’s throne speech on Tuesday. “It said explicitly we will be moving quickly to replace the Pattullo Bridge,” said New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy. “It was in the throne speech – the only infrastructure project that was specifically named. It means there is an announcement coming soon about the Pattullo Bridge.” Darcy said she continually hears from people about how dangerous the bridge is and how badly it needs to be replaced. “Our understanding is an announcement is expected very soon with that project,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote. “The City of New Westminster has been working very collaboratively with the City of Surrey and TransLink regarding the detailed concept and design plans for the bridge.TransLink would like to move forward with the procurement process for the bridge starting this year, so it’s critically important to get the funding for that project resolved as soon as possible.” If the provincial government is willing to get on board and provide funding for the Pattullo Bridge replacement project, Cote said construction could start as soon as 2019. “Until we get the funding issues resolved and a commitment from the provincial government, that project is not able to move forward,” he said. “We are really looking forward to that announcement and very optimistic that finally we are going to see the

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