Construction comes with coal

Dear Editor:

Re: No harm from coal facility?, The Record, Dec. 27.

Are GVRD residents, who support the proposed expansion of trans-Fraser-River vehicle arterial routes to mostly accommodate a planned massive expansion of coal imports, also willing to absorb so much additional construction that will be required in order to attempt to relieve some of the massive congestion of traffic in the current George Massey Tunnel area?

Of course, these ecosystem non-pleasantrieswould go along with the increase in wafting coal dust clouds and loss of much needed farmland to make room for new construction. In such a scenario, a healthy environment is once again supposed to take a back seat to extremely large mineral extractions and shipping, creating transport corridor nightmares via gridlock.

Frank Sterle Jr., via email