Dear Editor:
Forty per cent of food production is wasted. Thirty per cent of the population is obese. Another 30 per cent is overweight and does not get enough exercise. Yet the mayor and all the councillors want an environmentally unfriendly “fast fat food orgy” on Columbia Street. What a poor example for children.
Does the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association have acceptance from the Downtown Residents Association? Did the NWBIA even discuss it with DRA?
Is the Columbia Street “fast food orgy” just a waste of the engineering budget for setting up barricades and signs? Is the “fast food orgy” just a waste of the New Westminster Police Department budget for their policing? Is the loss of parking revenue on Columbia Street worthwhile? Will there be any significant increase for Columbia Street business – if so, how much? Is more traffic chaos on Carnarvon Street acceptable to the residents living on Carnarvon Street, etc., and the DRA? We think not!
The “fast food orgy” on Columbia Street should really be cancelled now.
Allan and Iris Solie, New Westminster
