Councilor Asks Province to Replace Cameron Street Bridge

Thursday, October 13, 2005 03:58 AM

Councilor Brian Skakun is issuing a call for the province to pick up the tab for the replacement of the Cameron Street Bridge.

"With the cities debt load we as a community are in no position to increase that debt to replace the Cameron Street Bridge" says Skakun , who is also concerned the longer we wait to replace the bridge the more expensive it will be in the long run.

Skakun says it is time to move forward with the project and to immediately form a working group with neighbors, recreational users, industries stakeholders and affected businesses to work with the city.

Skakun has also submitted this funding request to the Honorable Shirley Bond and to the visiting Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.

"The provincial government is spending over a billion dollars on provincial projects like the Sea to Ski Highway, the New Okanagan Bridge, the RAV line in the lower mainland and other provincial projects.Replacing the Simon Fraser Bridge and the Cameron Street Bridge are a fraction of the costs of theses other projects." says Skakun.

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Posted by: Chadermando on October 13 2005 7:41 AM

It seems like the logical next step. Its too bad his letter wasn't endorsed by all of city council.

I think the BC Government is going to come back with the question asking where is the plan.

The plan should be put together over the next 5 weeks. IMO it will have to involve industrial traffic and a dangerous goods route to get provincial and federal funding. If that is the case it will have to involve provincial and federal transportation planning.

Four things I see as key are:

#1 Where will the scales be located, if we are to have a dangerous goods route.

#2 Will any future route also be coordinated with future industrial growth and or shipping yards?

#3 Can this dangerous goods route save time in the downtown commute for Northern parts of the Hart towards Salmon Valley.

#4 The container port in Prince Rupert and an inland port locate???

Posted by: Opatcho on October 13 2005 9:01 AM

The City of Bridges. More pie in the sky chadermando. Skakun must be desperate to be relected.

Posted by: rock on October 13 2005 11:42 AM

It wasn't endorsed ny the rest of council because ol'Skakun was trying to steal al the glory for himself.What a piece of work....
ROCK

Posted by: supertech on October 13 2005 9:39 PM

that 23 grand for councilors is a pretty good little bonus for a few meetings every year. It pays your income tax!

Posted by: rock on October 14 2005 12:29 PM

For good ol Brian it's not $23k,he donates $5000 to the battered woman's shelter,or is he still pledging to do that now that he's been elected?
ROCK