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THURSDAY February 26, 2015 • www.langleytimes.com NEWS Students Produce Anti-Bullying Video
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BUSINESS Pancake Fundraiser at IHOP
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SPORTS Bobcats Win OT Thriller
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Township unveils $80 million cycling plan ULTIMATE CYCLING NETWORK WOULD ADD HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES TO EXISTING TRAILS D AN FERGU SO N Ti m e s Re po r t e r
An ambitious longterm expansion of bicycle trails in Langley Township would take several decades and $80 million to build. The “Township of Langley 2015 Cycling Plan,” posted on the municipal website on Feb. 16, would multiply the current amount of available cycling trails by at least eight times. The plan “is projected to be completed in stages over the next 50 years, subject to the availability of funding” the report states. Langley Township currently has 64 kilometres of on-street cycling lanes, which would ultimately increase to 360 kilometres of on-street cycling lanes and another 160 kilometres of off-street cycling trails by 2065. The $80 million con-
struction cost, calculated in 2013 dollars, doesn’t include the expense of land acquisition or maintenance, projected to be another $1.2 million per year for “street sweeping, road marking, signage maintenance, bike symbols, and pavement repairs.” The plan would add new bike routes on 96 Avenue, 102B Avenue, 199A Street, 201 Street, 202 Street connecting to the Golden Ears Bridge, 72 Avenue, 80 Avenue, 86 Avenue, 200 Street, 202A/202B Street, 206 Street, 208 Street in Willoughby, 48 Avenue, 56 Avenue, 216 Street, 222/224 Street in Murrayville, 264 Street in Gloucester, 24 Avenue, 32 Avenue, Highway 13 in Aldergrove, as well as 20 Avenue, 24 Avenue, 28 Avenue, 32 Avenue, 200 Street, 204 Street, 208 Street, 224 Street, and 248 Street in South Langley. Continued Page 5
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A group of cyclists enjoys the sunny warm weather near Fort Langley on Wednesday, Feb. 18. A just-released Township study calls for a massive expansion of cycling trails in the community.
Smart thinking from smart phone salesperson MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti me s Re po r t e r
It was the smart thinking of a cellphone store employee at Willowbrook Shopping Centre which stopped a fraudster from getting a new phone in someone else’s name. However, the incident did result in a Langley RCMP officer being injured in the scuffle and arrest.
On Friday, Feb. 20, around 4 p.m., a Langley RCMP officer was called to the mall for a fraud in progress. Two men were attempting to purchase a mobile phone using stolen ID. The employee phoned the owner of the ID and asked if that person was at Willowbrook Shopping Centre. Once the owner of the ID said he or she wasn’t, the employee phoned police,
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said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks. When the officer arrived, the suspect was getting into a cab. “There was a short foot pursuit and our officer tackled the suspect,” said Marks. The suspect, a 35-year-old from Surrey, resisted arrest and in the scuffle, the officer’s shoulder was injured. Another officer came to make the ar-
rest and now the fraudster is facing numerous charges, including resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. The second suspect wasn’t located. However, it was found out that the pair were successful in obtaining phones fraudulently from another cellphone provider at the Langley mall that day. The ID was stolen from a Vancouver restaurant in December, said police.
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