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At their braking point
Homeowners fed up with constant noise of engine brakes near SFPR; city and province pass the buck about whose job it is to silence them LISTEN TO WHAT THE REITERS HEAR WITH
Samantha Lego
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SURREY — Residents in Bridgeview are dealing with a lot of noise – both from the engine brakes being used on the South Fraser Perimeter Road and the city and the province shuffling the responsibility for it. Since the finalization of the 40kilometre, four-lane stretch of road, known also as Highway 17, residents Ruth and Ken Reiter have noticed an increase at all hours of the day in the amount of noise coming from engine brakes. Calls to the City of Surrey have been referred to the province, and vice versa. “I’ve talked to everybody, and everybody is passing the buck on me,” Ruth said. The nine-year homeowners noticed a large increase in the amount of engine brake usage – or Jake brakes – in the last month-and-a-half. Ruth has been constantly calling both the City of Surrey and Victoria in the last two weeks as the noise becomes more persistent. see BRAKE NOISE › page 3
Ruth Reiter and her husband Ken want a sound barrier that’s more effective than this “ugly mud fence” they have now near the SFPR. (Photo: SAMANTHA LEGO)
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Pilot projects explored for parking fix Amy Reid
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CLAYTON — Surrey staff have been directed to explore temporary pilot projects ideas to deal with parking havoc in East Clayton. “I would like staff to explore different options in terms of immediately dealing with parking tensions in the neighbourhood of Clayton that was brought about by our zoning of the coach homes in the past,” Coun. Barinder Rasode said during Monday’s transportation and infrastructure committee meeting. Rasode asked staff to “explore the possibility of what a temporary pilot would look like.” “Tensions that exist right now in the neighbourhood need to be dealt with immediately,” while the city cracks down on illegal suites in the area, she said. Rasode made a motion asking staff to look at ways to relieve parking tensions in the Clayton neighbourhood, which could include exploring a temporary parking permit program. Coun. Tom Gill didn’t second the motion immediately, wanting to hear staff ’s reports on the matter, but did so later in the meeting. Staff presented some ideas during the meeting, including area-specific controls, which residents could be exempt to, similar to what’s seen near the White Rock waterfront. “White Rock is a great example of this. Each frontage resident is allowed to park in an area that is otherwise a pay parking area,” said Dave Harkness, the city’s parking services manager. see CITY SEEKS › page 3