Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Friday. July 27. 1973 it plan to upgrade Road May end Frontier illusion by Holl Mil it a Nar. Nivy will Iii and i Lusle Csery Road Lias been fur l o years he Only route Down Llic Nik sadly beaut Ifill bananas Kis Valley. Vav Cundins its Way a ions the Jica Vily wooded Eastern slope i inc Rocky mountains West in Calgary the Road unfolds through regal Conifer islands and Lush open Plains criss crossed by Rushing streams. It is a drive that As one in Ihu Simist mused makes you feel you be touched but a government plan to upgrade he Road to major Highway standards has de the fear dial this Frontier illusion will he destroyed. The fact that ,1 summer drive Alons the trunk Road can be a Sribny. Tech jarring Cape Richcr and thai Drifting Snow often makes the Roule impassable in the Winter possibly influenced the government s decision. Lii september. Highways mini scr Clarence Copithorne ordered i hat the Niad be improved to i . Design Standard and by nov. 1, construction of he right of Way had begun. When the k a n a n a s k i s watchers Learned that the 1 first y Miles South from the i trans Canada Highway had i been cleared to this Standard a storm of protest arose that eventually echoed in the legislature. The Kanana skis a c t i o n committee Kac contended the proposed Standard would require a larger excavation than necessary divert Natu ral Waterways sear the coun iry Siulc and affect animal migration Ami travel routes. The 12 Miles now cleared look like someone took a giant Lawnmower and Cut a Swath through the foliage " said Tom o Cefe. Past president of the Alberta fish and game association As for the Waterways All Home recipe plan takes off ugly fat it s simple How one May Jose pounds of unsightly fat in j your own Home. Use his borne recipe dietary plan. It s easy no trouble at All and costs Lille. 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For particulars write or phone acceptance i limited s 298 Garry Street Winnipeg Telephone 947-1651 the government need do now is Fine the Banks of inc Kan Ana skis River with Concrete and it would become nothing More than a storm j speculation grew thai re source development not rec real Ion was the purpose of 1 the Highway despite or. Co j Pilhorn s denials. I the 70-. Standard was set to ensure maximum safety for inc Motorist and pro vide an unbroken View of inc Valley s natural wonders he said. The Commil Tec continued to press for a lower design Stan Dard and for More Environ mental and recreation re search before further construction. In Early March a progressive conservative la. Cal moved in he Insisi Auric that the Highway have a 50-. Speed limit. Me also recommended a Load limit. The 70-. Standard implied in arc will be an Indus trial and primary arterial use for the Highway in the future As a Short Cut Between Cole Man and three Days later or. Copithorne announced the Speed limit would be reduced to 50 . But he refused to re Duce the design Standard. The government apparently committed itself to building the Road to a set design with out following Normal planning procedures said Grant Ross professor of Highway Engi Neering Al the University of Calgary and consultant to the committee. The committee received in j expected support from a re port commissioned by the department of lands and forests which said that the precedent set by the Section of the High Way already cleared might establish the Standard for development in the remainder of the corridor. A Long Range government plan would extend the High Way from Coleman in the South 700 modes in Rah Logrande Prairie. In Rould be difficult to justify the Cost of the proposed Highway Standard estimated in million for the first Miles based on present or known future requirements said the report. Another report by the Al Berta Forest service bluntly stated that under no Circum stances should the Road have Standard 70 . Hob Cronkite. Chief Provin Cial Highway Engineer told n Public meeting in March thai some mistakes Curt made in i Lra Riim Chr route s first 12 a closer study of land use and environmental effect be conducted before land was cleared for i ii re mauling is Miles expected to be completed in hut plans Lor expansion Extension o i campgrounds Urro not made because there has been not an estimate of heavily these facilities would to used he said. Dan lousier co chairman of Kac an ecologist who lived in the Valley for 2 2 years said or. Cronkite s statement was another exam ple of the government s Lack of planning. The government locates campgrounds by letting peo ple go into an area and establish their own campsite. When the area has been trampled into the Mineral soil the recreation planners turn in into a rustic Camp during debate in the legis lature conflicting views were presented on the government plan. Albert Ludwig social cred it la for Calgary Mountain View said or. Copithorne s decision to build the Highway was made despite assurances thai Public hearings would he held h c f o r e construction began. Telephones minister Roy Farran said the Environ j mental fanatics who have opposed any upgrading of this Road in a sensible Way Are doing More damage than anything contemplated by the highways minister. Or. Cup Lhorne said Exten Sive research was done on the environmental i m p a c t the Road would have on the Val Ley. To enhance the Beauty of the area sometimes you have to employ major surgery to protect what is or. Lousier said or. Co Pill urn s statement that sex l e n s i v e environmental re search had been done had a hollow ring. Or. Copi Hornc was appointed highways minister in Isle september 1971, and by Lvov. I Survey Crews were locating the right of Way Leav ing Only one month for the extensive research t h e Only study to support the government s plan was based entirely on previous reports. Prepared by the depart ment of the environment this study described the Highway As a recreation route that also would Benefit the prov Ince by aiding resource development. It noted the environmental problems that might arise and made suggestions that would reduce disruptions. Bui the Adverse environmental cd f e c t s must he weighed Nga Insl the objectives and benefits accruing to in social and economic willbe ing of the majority a Iber Irish envoy to Canada Dies at 62 Ottawa Ici l Insch Shirls ;