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Letter: City needs to get back to basics of the road

Dear Editor, If the City of Richmond put as much effort into finishing road projects as they do opposing a new crossing to replace the Massey Tunnel, some of the traffic problems might just go away.
cycling safety
A new bike path on Westminster Highway is not only covered in shrapnel-like materials from passing vehicles, it also ends in a dangerous bottleneck around No. 9 Road, says cyclist Geordie McGillivray.

Dear Editor,

If the City of Richmond put as much effort into finishing road projects as they do opposing a new crossing to replace the Massey Tunnel, some of the traffic problems might just go away. Take the intersection of Nelson Road and Westminster Highway that was to be finished two years ago and still has unfinished curbs and lighting, with nothing to protect pedestrians and cyclists from heavy traffic.

Add to that, the road east of No. 9 Road and Westminster Highway still has not been widened at the rail tracks with construction supplies lying in all the overgrown grass. This, as well as Shell Road and Alderbridge intersection and the bypass road off River Road, are just some of the many projects that were started long ago but never finished. 

If the City of Richmond was a private company, it would be out of business long ago.

Neil Ruce

Richmond