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Area I joins bus service
Seedy Sunday’s seedy characters Above: Nancy Rempel checks out Mojave Kaplan’s Certified Organic seeds and home made salves outside the Clinton Memorial Hall where much more Seedy Sunday was going on inside (below). Plants, seeds, books, displays and more heralded the start of the planting season.
Ashcroft Council gave its staff authorization to sign the Annual Operating Agreement with BC Transit and Yellowhead Community Services at the Apr. 14 Council meeting. Administrator Michelle Allen announced that Area I would be joining partners Ashcroft and Clinton, and they had put together a proposal for a six month trial that would adjust the schedule to take in several Area I communities. Allen said the partners met earlier on Monday to review the operations of the bus since November when YCS (Clearwater) took over operations from Mile 0 Taxi & Charters (Lillooet). “It’s more efficient, we feel. It’s starting to grow,” she said. In the six month trial, the bus will stop at Ashcroft Manor, Ashcroft Reserve, Boston Flats, Bonaparte Reserve and 16 Mile on the way to Clinton. On Mondays, trav-
ellers living in Walhachin and Thompson River Estates could prearrange pickup on the way to Kamloops. The bus is still running only on Monday, Wednesday ad Friday. They were making three runs per day between Ashcroft and Clinton. That is now reduced to two, but the bus is spending more time in Clinton to give residents more opportunity to use the bus around town. “Just thinking of where we started with this and where we are now,” said Coun. Helen Kormendy. “It required people to come together to make it work. The inclusion of Area I has energized us.” Mayor Andy Anderson said he hoped to see the bus service continue to grow and become economically viable. Allen said they will also be promoting after hours use of the bus for local groups who want to take it on short trips.
Ashcroft looks for money to study CN crossing Expressing doubts that they will be able to pay for improvements to the CN crossing in Ashcroft, Council decided to look for funding to do the initial inspection and report. “To move forward with any improvements to the crossing will likely be in the $300,000 range,” said Administrator Michelle Allen. She said they can apply to Transport Canada for a grant that would cover 40-50 per cent of the cost, but she has been told informally that any project leading to signal cessation will be refused because of safety issues. Only a report could say how extensive the work needs to be, and that will cost around $10,000. “It may be worth the funds to
find out,” said Coun. Alice Durksen. “It is nice to be able to sleep all night, so I’m not against finding out.” “Is there another way to do this?” asked Coun. Helen Kormendy. “The costs are very high for a tax base that comes from our residents. This is a huge amount of money for us.” She suggested getting MP Mark Strahl involved. Mayor Andy Anderson pointed out that modifying the crossing might not even be possible, “But we need to have the study done just to give people an answer,” Council asked staff to contact the MP’s office and Transport Canada to see if there were any funds available to do the study.
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