Surrey North Delta Leader, October 01, 2013

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Ex-Eagle sinks former team page 17

Husband and wife win Surrey marathon page 5

Tuesday October 1, 2013

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Tolled Golden Ears loses more money TransLink strapped for cash; service cuts loom by Jeff Nagel TRANSLINK WILL lose more money on its underperforming Golden Ears Bridge and to declining gas taxes, worsening its struggle to finance the current level of transit service in the face of growing demand. Tolls from motorists who pay to cross the four-year-old bridge connecting Langley and Maple Ridge continue to fall short of the payments TransLink must make. TransLink officials told Metro Vancouver mayors Thursday the annual subsidy for the $800-million bridge that opened in 2009 is expected to grow from $30 million now to around $40 million in each of the next two years. It was always expected to be subsidized in the Bob Paddon initial years, but the red ink is stretching out longer because the use of the bridge – 32,000 vehicles per day – isn’t growing as fast as projected. The take from the 17-cents-a-litre regional gas tax is also forecast to drop for the first time in 2016. See SERVICE / Page 4

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Racing to fight childhood cancer Jack Shields, 6, was among nine young pediatric oncology patients at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) who had the chance to drive miniature electric Ferraris in front of the new Critical Care Tower on Sept. 22. The racetrack was provided by Friends of Ferrari, a charity that has also donated $5,000 to the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation. Shields, who lives in Langley, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia on March 11, and is receiving treatment at SMH and B.C. Children’s Hospital.

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