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wednesday
July 30 2014 www.newwestnewsleader.com
‘Picky,’ ‘respectful’ thief strikes art studio Grant Granger
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royal avenue will still be a truck route after the translink board of directors rejected a request by new westminster council to ban trucks from royal, east 8th avenue and east columbia street.
TransLink rejects city’s truck route plan TransLink turns down New West’s plea to eliminate trucks on Royal, East Eighth and East Columbia Grant Granger
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TransLink has thrown a barricade in front of New Westminster’s goal to get trucks off some city streets. The regional transportation authority has rejected the city’s request to eliminate truck traffic from Royal and East Eighth avenues, and on East Columbia
from Brunette to Braid. It added any decision on TransLink board of directors removing routes would be made the decision after consulting premature before a decision on the with the cities of Coquitlam, Pattullo Bridge is made. Surrey, Richmond and “We understand the Burnaby, the B.C. Trucking City of New Westminster’s Association, Port Metro concerns about the impact Vancouver and the Greater of truck routes in the Vancouver Gateway Council. community, and we have In a statement, TransLink directed TransLink to hARpER said without any alternative work with the city towards routes or additional capacity a long-term solution that on adjacent routes, removing the balances goods movement along truck routes would hurt regional the north shore of the Fraser River movement of goods. with livability for residents,” said
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TransLink board chair Marcella Szei in the statement. New Westminster Coun. Bill Harper said he expected TransLink to do more analysis and public consultation since the request was only made a few months ago. “It looks like they made the decision on some pretty quick analysis,” said Harper. “I would hope they would be more open to some real dialogue about the regional transportation network.”
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Susan Greig is sad and perplexed by a break-in at her 100 Braid Street Studios on July 18. Someone broke into the facility that just opened in June and provides space for up to 20 artists. It’s evident they knew what they were after. Greig said high quality paints, spray paints, brushes and equipment were taken. She estimates the art tools and supplies stolen are worth more than $10,000. “It’s a whole lot of stuff that’s good. They were extremely picky. “Who was to know there were people out there that would steal art supplies.” They were not only picky they were very respectful, said Greig. Even to the point of trying to bend the bars back into place on the window where the thief or thieves got in. Artwork was left in place untouched. That’s why Greig is so baffled. To her it’s obvious there’s an artist who feels it’s all right to steal from other artists. She speculated it might be graffiti artists or taggers, but she isn’t sure about that either. “I honestly don’t know what kind of individuals would do this. It seems very strange,” she said. please see SuppORT, A4