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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014
Waterfront walkway project expanding
VOL. 26, NO. 21
Simon Whitfield participates in the final torch relay at the B.c. Summer games opening ceremony. KARL YU/The News bULLeTiN
By TaMara CuNNINGhaM ThE NEwS bULLETiN
Steps toward upgrades and expansion have put the Harbour City on the verge of seeing a seamless waterfront walkway, according to the Nanaimo Port Authority. Nanaimo city council will decide next month whether it will ink a letter of intent with Nanaimo Yacht Club to share costs in a $1.25-million walkway expansion project. The upgrade will be the first time the waterfront promenade is enlarged, according to Bill Corsan, the city’s manager of real estate, who says until now the focus has been on building the walkway. The City of Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Port Authority have been working toward a seamless waterfront connector between the yacht club and B.C. Ferries, requiring additions and upgrades as property owners redevelop or renew their water lot leases. The Waterfront Suites and Marina has the pilings installed for its portion of the trail, while Nanaimo Shipyards is expected to add walkway as it develops its float-home community. Newcastle Marina Holdings Ltd. has not taken any redevelopment steps, but is reportedly open to creating an interim passage so the city can see an uninterrupted trail. “When the shipyard and Newcastle goes through that will basically be the last link,” said Mike Davidson, the port authority’s director of property and environment, adding he believes the two parcels could be done within five years. The new upgrade by the city and the yacht club is a requirement of the port authority before it grants the club a new 30-year lease and would start no sooner than 2017. It would expand the trail from three to seven metres and include improved lighting, handrails and an extended cycle path. Early estimates by Golder Associates peg costs for the yacht club at $579,000 and the city at $670,000. Corsan said it is unusual for the municipality to do walkway expansions, but in this case it has lease obligations. Nanaimo city council will decide on the letter of intent in August. news@nanaimobulletin.com
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olympic gold medallist Simon whitfield motivates b.C. Games athletes. By Karl yu ThE NEwS bULLETiN
At the 2014 B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo this weekend, gold medalwinning Olympian Simon Whitfield watched with eyes of wisdom. The Games, which ran July 17-20, saw more than 3,000 B.C. athletes in competition at venues across Nanaimo. Whitfield, who took a gold medal in triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics and a silver in Beijing 2008, knows the value of youth sport. Basketball, volleyball and soccer, as well as swimming and cycling, were among the sports he took part in growing up.
“I participated in all sports and then eventually found my way to triathlon and I think that versatility and athleticism served me well through the rest of my career,” Whitfield said. Not everyone can earn a medal and athletes at the B.C. Summer Games, and elsewhere, have to learn to deal with disappointment, he said. Whitfield had to persevere through many difficult situations. He followed up the gold medal in Sydney with an 11thplace finish at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, before earning his silver medal in 2008. He said Athens was an incredible disappointment but he learned a lot from that. He pointed to adversity he endured at the Sydney Olympics as he rebounded from a crash during the cycling leg to take top spot. “I was involved in a pileup basically and rode my way back to the lead group and again, as a metaphor, I
ended up turning something negative into a positive because when I caught the lead group, I realized how great of shape I was in and how I was really ready to perform because I was the only person from the crash that was able to make it back up,” he said. Whitfield is a member of the B.C. Games’ board and gave the keynote speech at the opening ceremony in Nanaimo on Thursday. “It’s an incredible experience for young kids to be here, these young men and women to be at the B.C. Summer Games, to experience the Games to experience not only the stepping stone to other games but also just the challenge of this Games and taking it all in, the camaraderie and the experience,” he said. For more coverage of B.C. Summer Games, please see pages 36-38 or visit www.nanaimobulletin.com. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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