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Letter: I won't be making the trip out of New West with my recyclables

Editor: If the city can afford over $10 million for an animal shelter for people who have abandoned their pets, surely they have the resources to find a more reasonable location for the existing recycle centre.
Paul Martin
Recycling depot transfer station
New Westminster is taking part in a new regional facility set to open on United Boulevard in 2020. The new Coquitlam Transfer Station, shown in this rendering, will replace and expand on services currently offered at the New Westminster Recycling Depot.Contributed

Editor:

If the city can afford over $10 million for an animal shelter for people who have abandoned their pets, surely they have the resources to find a more reasonable location for the existing recycle centre.

Who in their right mind would drive to Coquitlam through the congestion of Braid and Brunette adding to greater exhaust emissions?

Add me to the list of those who won’t be making the trip with plastic, jars and Styrofoam. Perhaps bins in the parking lot of City Hall might get the councillors and mayor’s attention.

Paul Martin, New Westminster