Dear Editor:
New Westminster is a beautiful place, full of unique and wonderful things.
But it has one feature that isn’t so good. It is unsafe for pedestrians. Anywhere else in Canada, traffic on sidewalks is conducted for the safety of the pedestrians.
In New Westminster, anything goes: speeding cycles, skateboards, crazies on motorized scooters and wheelchairs. They take over the sidewalks. The only way to survive is to always be on the alert and to swivel your head on a regular basis.
The elderly and frail are fair game. It is a truly frightening experience for us to walk along Sixth Street in uptown New West.
Let’s do better than this! Let’s keep our sidewalks safe and peaceful for everyone.
Mavis Elliott Walker, New Westminster
