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Students go public in fight for crosswalk, UFV transit bus By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
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Aldergrove Secondary’s students are petitioning for a marked crosswalk in front of the school on 29 Avenue. They are also seeking introduction of a regular transit bus between Aldergrove and the University of Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford campus.
A group of students at Aldergrove Secondary School are taking “leadership” on transportation and safety issues near and dear to their hearts. The Leadership Team is a new class this year at Aldergrove Secondary and they have put their efforts into two initiatives — installation of a marked crosswalk and inauguration of a direct bus from Aldergrove to the University of Fraser Valley campus in Abbotsford. Teacher Lara Petrie says the lack of a crosswalk has been an issue for at least 15 years. The Township of Langley has been studying the issue and performed traffic survey counts in recent years. The cost to install the crosswalk is estimated at $20,000. “The students have collecting petitions for a month or so and have collected 350 signatures in support,” says Petrie, adding that TransLink is supportive of Aldergrove students’ efforts on both this and the UFV connector bus issues. The students have also put the 29 Avenue crosswalk survey on-line and are hoping that local residents will provide their feedback before the May 10 deadline. The survey takes a couple minutes to complete and can be accessed at www.surveymonkey.com/s/5FWYDNL — and public support
is very much appreciated, says Petrie. The Leadership students at Aldergrove Secondary will present their request to TransLink and the Township to put in a crosswalk on 29 Avenue in Aldergrove for Aldergrove and Betty Gilbert students on May 14. The Leadership students at Aldergrove Secondary are also presenting an initiative to TransLink to assess the community demand and need for a commuter bus to go directly from Aldergrove Secondary to UFV. Petrie notes that between 50 and 60 per cent of Aldergrove Secondary graduates go on to attend UFV, due to the wide choice of programs offered at the one campus. Only about five per deny of Aldergrove students attend Kwantlen, as its programs are spread over three campuses. However, it’s almost a two hour commute, with two transfers, to UFV from Aldergrove but TransLink has said a direct bus would be considered if the demand can be shown. Those in the community who want a bus from Aldergrove directly to University of the Fraser Valley are invited to fill out the survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/KR9LS52 The school and general public feedback on both issues will be presented on May 14 to TransLink and Langley Township for their consideration.
Fire rescuers ‘amazing’ By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
A long-time Aldergrove family and their pets are alive because of “totally amazing people” who rushed in to a smoldering home to help them escape. That’s what Dan Armstrong said after neighbors and passersby alerted him and his family to the fire in their home on Saturday morning. Their older home on 29 Avenue was destroyed in the fire, despite the best efforts of crews with six trucks from Fire Halls #3 and #7. In a thank you letter to The Aldergrove
Aldergrove fire fighters battled a house fire on Saturday, April 27 on 29 Avenue. The older home was destroyed but thanks to passersby the family and their pets were alerted in time to escape safely.
Star, Dan Armstrong said “…while the house was burning people stopped their cars to run to the house to warn us, as well as neighbours. Banging on doors and screaming, ‘Fire, get out of the house,’ and then three complete strangers ran into a burning house to help my daughter recover her cats from the house. “On behalf of myself, my wife, daughter and her husband, I would like to thank them all for their heroic efforts,” said Armstrong. The family is staying in a nearby motel for the time being, while investigators and insurers sort out the situation.
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