Dear Editor,
Re: “More info on tunnel option needed, Letters, Jan. 29.
Coun. Chak Au in his letter expressed his hesitation to support Massey Tunnel expansion because of a lack of information and many unanswered questions. Those questions should have been posed to the B.C. government. An options analysis, feasibility studies, environmental impact and costing should have been done and the information made available to the public.
But let’s face it, there was no intention by the provincial government to expand/twin/retrofit the tunnel. The government, in collusion with Port Metro Vancouver, decided to build a bridge to further industrialize the Fraser River and facilitate larger vessels to export fossil fuels to China — a country that is choking on pollution.
Admittedly, traffic congestion is a problem, but a car-centric model, with an overbuilt bridge, road expansion and the lack of a well-defined regional transportation plan flies in the face of a goal for carbon emissions reduction. Not to mention the impact of this project on the environment. There’s a lot more at stake than driver inconvenience.
What we need now are more resources going into innovation, green technology and rapid transit if we expect to even remotely meet carbon emission targets.
What a waste of time and money it was for Christie Clark to attend the Paris Climate Change Conference.
N. McDonald
Richmond
