Dear Editor:
Re: Make the noise go away, The Record, Feb. 21. I feel for Lori Pappajohn. Someone should have to reimburse her that $10,000 she had to spend on the
soundproofing of her house. This is after she probably paid a lot of money for her house. All this is because of some really bad decisions that have been made from the Liberal government and TransLink.
I have a few questions,
First: Why don't they have the option of completely closing the Pattullo Bridge on the table? (It came off the table really quick.)
Second: Wasn't the South Fraser Perimeter Road made for trucks to drive on the Surrey side to follow the Fraser River and end up at their destinations?
Third: Does anybody from New Westminster remember a few years ago when the Pattullo Bridge had to be closed for a couple of weeks and everyone figured out a way to get to work other than cutting through our city? (With no hiccups.) It was just heaven! You could hear a pin drop in our beautiful city. I would like those couple of weeks to come back, but this time it would be just like the movie Groundhog Day! Repeat, repeat, repeat. Forever. This closing of the bridge is not an unreasonable option, and I'm sure almost all of the citizens of New Westminster would agree.
To all you Debbie Downers out there who want to have a negative take on this, please don't go on and on about the businesses that will suffer! You can promote this city as the most walkable city, come shop and dine here with less traffic, SkyTrain stations, blah, blah, blah. Isn't that what city hall has been trying to do with those stupid sidewalk extensions? Pedestrian-friendly city?
Of course, the money that changes hands when a new bridge is built could be the thing that will have a closed Pattullo off the table.
D. Perry, New Westminster
