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December
16,
2002
This
is
a
critical
week
for
a
group
trying
to
save
a
patch
of
urban
forest.
Tuesday
night,
city
councillors
will
vote
on
a
development
plan
for
the
area
at
a
meeting
of
the
Riel
community
committee
-
and
members
of
Save
our
Seine
will
be
there
to
try
to
stop
bridge
from
being
built
in
the
middle
of
park
they're
proposing
for
the
area.
Save
Our
Seine
(SOS)
is
trying
to
stop
the
developer
of
the
second
phase
of
the
Royalwood
subdivision
from
building
a
bridge
near
Southglen
Boulevard
and
Ste.
Anne's
Road
in
St.
Vital.
The
group
wants
to
build
the
Bois
des
Esprits
park
along
the
river
in
the
same
area.
Tomorrow,
SOS
will
rally
at
a
meeting
of
the
Riel
community
committee,
where
city
councillors
will
discuss
a
development
plan
that
examines
a
number
of
bridge
options
for
the
area.
The
report
supports
the
idea
of
a
park,
but
also
recommends
the
controversial
bridge
be
built,
in
part
because
the
city
wouldn't
have
to
pay
for
it.
Save
Our
Seine
members
say
the
bridge
at
Southglen
isn't
needed
because
a
plan
is
already
in
place
to
build
another
bridge
500
meters
away
at
Warde
Avenue.
SOS
spokesman
Dave
Danyluk
says
the
report
looked
more
at
the
traffic
implications
of
the
bridge
than
the
environmental
implications.
"That
could
be
a
real
detriment
to
the
overall
quality
of
the
forest,"
he
says.
"We
would
like
to
make
sure
that
the
city
councillors
have
that
fuller
[view],
so
the
shortcomings
of
the
report
and
also
the
things
that
were
omitted
could
be
considered
on
their
decision-making."
On
Monday,
Danyluk
and
other
members
of
the
group
are
hoping
to
secure
some
support
from
the
province,
which
co-owns
the
land
with
the
developer.
"If
they're
made
aware
of
the
plight
and
the
concern
that
we
have,
they
should
be
able
to
come
up
with
some
really
suitable
options
to
rescue
this
forest
or
avert
undue
damage,"
says
Danyluk.
Save
Our
Seine
is
trying
to
raise
$600,000
to
purchase
80
acres
of
forest
for
the
Bois
des
Esprits
park.
Danyluk
says
if
the
bridge
goes
through,
it's
going
to
be
difficult
for
his
group
to
raise
money
for
a
fragmented
park.
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