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Steven Ordano hopes the replica he made of Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo will bring the team the same kind of luck his wooden Olympic hockey player atop Big Rock brought to Team Canada last year. Steven, along with Gary, Nick and Dayton Ordano, constructed the Canuck figure out of driftwood they found along the beach and raised their Canuck-shuk on Wednesday afternoon.
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Dogwood Street, the busiest road in the city with the highest crash rate, may see some improvements, according to the city’s draft Master Transportation Plan. However, going back to the old traffic light system won’t be one of them. The city moved to a split threephase timing system in June 2009 to improve mobility and safety along Dogwood, particularly for cars turning left off Dogwood onto cross streets. Ron Neufeld, city manager of operations, also figures travel times have improved since the light system was tweaked in January. The Master Transportation Plan, which is being updated, does not recommend abandoning the new system. Instead, it suggests the addition of dedicated left-turn lanes at Merecroft Road, Evergreen Road, 2nd, 4th, 7th and 16th avenue intersections in order to minimize the impact of left-turning vehicles. To do so, the city would have to acquire extra property at many intersections in order to keep current lane widths to ensure consis-
tency. Left-turn lanes would fall in line with the city’s priority of improving safety on Dogwood. There has been a slight reduction in accidents on Dogwood since the introduction of the new light system. “Prior to the change in signal timing, there were 65 reported collisions between July 2008 and June 2009, compared to 62 reported collisions July 2009 and June 2010,” according to Urban Systems, which authored the transportation plan. Many of those accidents were the result of vehicles turning left either on or off Dogwood. Continued on Page A3
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