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Letter: New West used to be great. Now it's a concrete jungle.

Bike lanes on busy streets and tall buildings with not enough parking? This letter writer isn't impressed.
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New West has become a 'concrete jungle,' this resident says — and he's not thrilled with plans for a 40-plus-storey tower at this downtown corner.

Editor:

I sometimes wonder if city councillors ever go around the area.

We have lived here since 1976. We used to love going out thinking what a wonderful place to live. Now it's a concrete jungle.

Bike lanes put on main roads where we could park and shop. Why have secondary roads and streets that are not busy not been used for this purpose?

As for a 40-storey complex going in with no thought of parking — sorry, with 22 per cent less parking space than was approved and needed — I have no doubt it will go ahead.

When we drive home over the Alex Fraser Bridge and look at what has happened to New West, we can't believe our eyes! What a mess.

Bob O'Neill

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