Dear Editor,
It’s wonderful to read that we might have the Steveston Public Library moved to the waterfront in one of Onni’s buildings, maybe even for a discount! I hope that council continues to remember the people they represent, and I’m so pleased that Coun. Harold Steves keeps offering up his dead body to prevent Onni from getting the zoning that they actually built for. You go, Harold! I will keep voting for you!
I have been hoping for a pleasure craft marina with supporting services for some time now, but am surprised that city council has not consulted with the Steveston Harbour Authority to find out how much docking room there is when the tides and shipping lines are considered. Also, where is the voice of the fishing folk? What do they think of the idea of several dozen more pleasure craft plying the harbour waters?
Finally, I would like council to consider the traffic along Bayview. Busy now, it will be dangerously congested when services and businesses move in. I suggest making Bayview a one-way street with a bike lane from west to east, and making Moncton a one way street from east to west, starting at No. 1 Road. This will help remove roller bladers, skateboarders and cyclists from the boardwalk, and make walking safer for all the pedestrians who will visit the buildings and use the boardwalk. Truck traffic, if there is any, should be banned between 10 p.m. and 6 am. There should be a crosswalk with flashing lights in the narrow curve next to Phoenix Pond to protect the many children crossing there.
While I am frustrated that Onni was actually able to build six buildings so unsuited to their zoning permit, we do need to start making lemonade out of this gigantic lemon. Let’s get this section of Steveston working for the people of Richmond, and show Onni that they and corporations like them may be able to pave over paradise, but to hell with their parking lot!
Gudrun Heckerott
Richmond
