Dear Editor:
Re: Behind closed doors?, The Record, Jan. 10. After reading this article, it was confirmed to me that favours are done for developers in this municipality. If city council and the mayor approved these eyesore towers for Larco, why doesn't Larco pay for this pedestrian overpass?
Why did the city give the small park at Elliot and Columbia to the developers of this site? That park, by the way, was actually paid for by TransLink when they decided to close off Elliot to traffic on Columbia when the tunnel was being built. I know because I live at the 200 block of Carnarvon Street and went to the meetings when they were closing the street off.
Now we on Carnarvon are waiting for all the cars that will now be on our streets from all these highrises. Not only that, but we have had all our streets ripped up to make upgrades to the infrastructure to accommodate these new highrises.
Why don't the developers pay to have our streets paved after they have been dug up for their development?
I bet us taxpayers pay for that. With all the money the developers make from this city, they could have paid for that ridiculous civic centre.
Mr. Wright needs to be told to retire. We are tired of his behind-closed-door deals!
D. Perry, New Westminster
