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Due to the fiscal ecient which the NDP No one would have guessed that Art Charbonneau, minister of transportation and highways, could play the part.of Scrooge, but the minister has done just that after issuing.a release stating the Castlegar-Robson ferry will not be reinstated. “After extensive consultation with ministry’ officials and in consideration of financial con- straints placed on the provincial government now, Cabinet has determined that the annual cost to_ opefate the ferry Between Castle- gar, and Robson cannot be justi- fied at this time,” Charbonneau said ‘in a news Telease issued Fri a day. ° The Ministry estimates ‘it would take an annual $220,000 to. ; operate the ferry. finds itself in, there is a possibility the new bridge which was planned to be com- pleted by 1993. will not even see construction. “I am considering a visit to Robson early. in the new year which will give me a good oppor- tunity.to consider the Castlegar bridge project in the context of other projects around the province,” Charbonneau contin- ued. -Crafty Christmas - Kinnaird Elementary grade three. ‘student Christina Gregory adds the finishing touches to her gingerbread house during the school’s Christmas.Craft Afternoon, December 17. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brondan Halper Terry Dalton, sp ip for ithe. Robson committee deter- a mined to reinstate the ferry, ~ grave over the Ministry's ment.. “There was so much optimism on behalf of the ministry that the * ferry would be reinstated—we were moving in such a positive way,” Dalton said. The decision has left Sun Staff construction. The proposed Castlegar city council did eventually take a Position regard- ing the of bridge ali, is over the east {Robson side) ferry ramp.” Not true, says. Terry Dalton, for th Ie the. _Castlegar-Robson . ferry. A position however, which fully « " members of the committee feel- ing very confused. Dalton believes one reason for the min- istry’s tum-around. might involve a recent recommendation that Castlegar city council made regarding the ferry. During Tuesday's council | the city voted in favour of a recommendation not to sup- > | port the reinstatement of the Rob- son ferry. They were however, in _full’s Support of the bridge and would be advocating quick action “See CABINET 2A PP the bridge: During council’s meeting Tuesday evening, councillors voted in favour of not supporting the initiative to reinstate the ferry’ at this time due to conflicts with bridge construction. P leads to an area east of the Pass Creek bridge,” Dalton said. The information was con- firmed by Don Barcham and Phil Best, both of whom are officials 4 really think the city should have waited 3 until they received more information before making this decision’ ~~ TERRY DALTON for Ferry Council overiooks ferry to fully-support bridge Columbia river. Dalton says he is disappointed with the news that the ferry will not be reinstated. He is equally dis- appointed with the city for lending its support to reinstate the ferry. “T really believe the city should have waited until they received more information before making this decision,” he said. Since the. ministry had not Stated a conflict would exist in building the bridge if the ferry Council did its support for the Castlegar -Rob- son bridge and urges construction _ to begin as soon as possible. ‘In a memorandum to the city's: works and services liaison, one; teads “The ment of the ferry would seriously interfere with the proposed bridge fighting to reinstate the ferry on the Columbia river. “The alignment of the bridge is no where near the Robson-side ferry ramp. Instead, the alignment with the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Highways. The bridge's alignment howev- er, does cross the ferry ramp on the. Castlegar side of the’ was d, Dalton the city had no reason not to sup- port the ferry. “According to the ministry, the bridge and the ferry were two sep- arate issues and would be handled as such. Officials never once sug- gested there would be a conflict.” Conroy disappointed with Cabinet's ferry decision Sun Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Ed See page B1 for andy striper Te a Lattue chats with Mountainview Lodge resident Hellen Gleboff. feature story on the Candy Stipe Program. . “SUN STAFF. TO Brean Haber Conroy says he is as shocked as anyone that Art Charbonneau, of jon and He fears that hard feelings may prevail due to council's deci- sion not to support the commit- tee, which is lead by Terry Dalton. : “Castlegar had everything to highways, has refused to return the Robson-Castlegar ferry. “I fought the hardest fight I possibly could on this issue. It’s as much a‘shock to me as any- one else,” Conroy said from his home in Pass Creek. The rookie MLA admits many voters chose NDP less than two months ago believing there was a promise made by Mike Harcourt to have the ferry reinstated. “I don't feel very good about this decision, but people must realize there is no money at this time..Naturally funds will be allocated to priority areas such as education and health care.” With a firm decision made regarding the ferry, Conroy believes it is time to concen- trate on securing the bridge. “We have to face the fact we might have neither a ferry nor a bridge,”-he stressed. Conroy: however, believes Castlegar. city council should have been more sympathetic to the plight of the committee hting to rei the ferry. gain if the ferry would have been reinstated,” he continued. Conroy mentioned a congested Columbia as just one example. “If they think it’s congested now, just wait until the mill Starts up and more chip trucks start rolling down Columbia,” he finished. : 208 RUBES By Leigh Rubin All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. VEN) ‘B1981 Leigh Rubint corer)