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City will buy its own Bailey Bridge New Westminster rejects province’s demands for a second bridge to Coquitlam BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com
New Westminster is doling out about $175,000 to install a temporary Bailey Bridge in the Braid industrial area after rejecting the province’s demands. The city had been in talks with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure about borrowing one of its bridges so it could reopen the crossing. “The city had been working with the province and thought we had an arrangement where we were going to be able to use the provincial bridge,” said Coun. Jonathan Cote. “It was a shock to the city that all of a sudden new conditions were placed on that bridge.” In anticipation of the bridge’s arrival, the city spent more than $30,000 in materials and equipment. Transportation Minister Todd Stone informed the city on May 8 that the ministry would provide a single-lane replacement bridge at no cost to the city, provided that New Westminster agree to a second temporary single-lane bridge being installed at the site. The city responded by asking the ministry to provide a single, temporary bridge immediately so it could reopen access at the location ◗Bridge Page 4
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Not impressed: Coun. Jonathan Cote is disappointed with the conditions imposed by the province about plans to borrow a Bailey Bridge. He said that accepting the province’s conditions would have compromised the city’s position in the arbitration process that’s underway.
Theatre member shot during cycling event BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com
An annual cycling event turned violent after one of the participants was shot in an incident Mounties are calling “unusual.” Craig Premack was participating in an annual 600-kilometre cycling event from Pitt Meadows to Cache Creeek and back, organized by the B.C. Randonneurs Cycling Club. By 1 a.m. on Sunday, Premack had made it more than halfway through the ride and was nearing a control stop in Spences Bridge.
The avid cyclist, runner and set designer for New Westminster’s Vagabond Players was about three kilometres south of Spences Bridge when a suspect in an unidentified pickup truck shot him. Lytton RCMP were dispatched to the scene, where they found Premack in serious condition. According to Const. Kris Clark of the RCMP Southeast District, Premack’s injuries were serious but not life threatening. He is expected to make a full recovery. He was taken to a local hospital where he remains in stable condition. While police are in the initial stages of their investigation, Clark said the incident does not
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appear to be targeted. Investigators are still searching for witnesses and at this time do not have a description of the suspect’s truck. Clark said nothing like this has happened in the area before, adding that it’s an unusual incident for any area. The area Premack was riding through when he was shot is somewhat populated but the highway, which is surrounded by rolling hills and rocky low bushes, is mainly a rural valley road, Clark said. Anyone with any information is asked to call Craig Premack the Lytton RCMP at 250-455-2225.
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