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Third SeaBus, new B-lines, top priorities But TransLink wish list could remain just that without funding BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
The long-promised third SeaBus and B-line express buses between LynnValley and Lonsdale Quay, Phibbs Exchange and Dundarave as well as Metrotown and Capilano University could all be coming to the North Shore if theTransLink mayors’ council gets its way. The mayors’ council on regional transportation, chaired by District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton, released its list of transportation infrastructure priorities Thursday — along with how they’d like to pay for the $7.5-billion of increased bus
service, bicycle infrastructure, light rail lines in Surrey and extended underground subway in Vancouver. While much of the cost is capital funding that would likely be shared with senior levels of government, the mayors’ top suggestion was for the province to hand over a portion of the provincial carbon tax.Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone quickly quashed that, on the grounds that it would be dipping into provincial revenue. “I don’t think it should be any surprise that it’s in there since we’ve been advocating for it as the most sensible application of the carbon tax since Premier Campbell introduced the carbon tax seven years ago,”Walton said. While keeping the carbon tax revenue neutral was part of the plan, the goal was to reduce British Columbians’ carbon output, partially by encouraging people to use public transit, Walton added. SeeWalton page 9
NV drycleaners broke environmental rules JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
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A provincial court judge asked a lawyer to tell him why he shouldn’t send a North Vancouver drycleaning company owner to jail after the company pleaded guilty to violating environmental regulations in a way that allowed a toxic
chemical to evaporate into the air. “He endangered the health of every customer that walked into the store,” Judge Steven Merrick told lawyers at a sentencing hearing for Lester’s Dry-cleaning, represented by sole director and officer Alhamid Dharshi. “Why shouldn’t I send him to jail?” See PERC page 9