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Cap closure means traffic headache
Non-local traffic told to stay clear of water main project BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
Capilano Road residents and commuters are being warned: Brace yourself for months of road closures and detours. Residents may have
noticed some construction equipment and small detours in the area starting this week but, come Labour Day, non-local traffic is being advised to stay away entirely as Metro Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver replace
underground water mains. Capilano Road will be closed in 200-metre sections between the Cleveland Dam and Edgemont Boulevard from September until January 2016. During that time, non-local traffic will be detoured onto Ridgewood Drive and Montroyal Boulevard, connected by Highland Boulevard. The project is needed to ensure a safe water
supply for the next 100 years, said Goran Oljaca, Metro Vancouver’s director of engineering and construction. “(The water mains) were built in the 1930s. . . The pipelines at that time were designed to survive 50 to 100 years. It’s in its 80s already and on top of that, seismic standards have changed over the years and we are required
to design waterlines to withstand earthquakes and be operational after earthquakes.The existing pipe is not able to do that,” Oljaca said. “I think it’s safe to say Capilano Road is open to local traffic only to avoid potential confusion and everybody else should use the detour route.” Mitigating the traffic impacts of the project is proving to be almost as big
a task as the job itself, said Steve Billington, Metro’s community liaison officer. “Someone pointed out this is a traffic management project more than it is putting a two-metre diameter pipe in the ground, which is a big enough project,” Billington said. Billington has reached out to residents, schools’ See Detours page 8
Grey whale seen off West Van MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
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A North Vancouver paddleboarder experienced a rare and close up encounter with a grey whale near Stanley Park Thursday morning, before the majestic mammal made its way to Dundarave to delight some spectators. Renée Erdman normally picks either Deep Cove or Stanley Park to paddleboard, but early Thursday morning she had “an inkling” that motivated her to try Third Beach. She had heard reports of a grey whale in the area from the previous day. All was serene as Erdman set out on her stand up paddleboard around 6 a.m. — until she was suddenly startled. “And then I just saw the spout of water from the See Humpbacks page 9
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