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Interchange planned for Mtn Hwy BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
The District of North Vancouver is joining the province and federal government in starting a $50-million project aimed at undoing the traffic quagmire at the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing bridgehead. Representatives from all three governments met in a North Vancouver traffic loop Wednesday to unveil plans for a new interchange on Highway 1 at Mountain Highway. Under the conceptual design, Mountain Highway will get a new four-lane overpass, linking it directly with Brooksbank Avenue,
plus new on-ramps onto the Cut, northbound and southbound. Mountain Highway will also be home to a new off-ramp from the southbound Cut. That should make for an easy connection to the Fern Street overpass via the widened Keith Road bridge, which the district is currently working on, according to Gavin Joyce, the district’s manager of engineering. When completed, the project will have the effect of separating bridge traffic from eastwest traffic, which currently jockey for the same space. “We think it will be significant,” Joyce said. “It’s not going to solve all of the problems but we believe 30 See Junction page 3
Motorcyclist in Aug. Hwy 1 accident dies BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
The North Vancouver motorcyclist critically injured in a crash on the Upper Levels Highway in August has died. John Quesenberry, 61, was riding west near the Lonsdale Avenue exit on Aug. 14 when he became the victim in a chain reaction accident.
The driver of a pickup truck lost an unsecured ladder onto the road.When the driver went to fetch it, other vehicles slammed on their brakes and dodged out of his way, causing Quesenberry to lose control of his motorbike and hit the concrete median, sending him over the motorcycle’s handlebars.
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