Dear Editor
Re: Downtown New West is just a ‘disaster,’ Inbox, the Record, Feb. 11.
Instead of complaining about the railway, truck traffic or parking issues downtown, residents do something about these issues like … making Front and Quayside crossing safer so we can implement the whistle cessation program. Soon we will have the revitalization of Front Street with a spectacular mews with smooth paved roads, wide walkways and a sound wall to limit noise from the trucks. Parking? No need where we live, we have new shops opening up daily as well as the River Market and all the convenience of the SkyTrain and Columbia Street malls all in walking distance.
We also love our restaurants that have been here in good and bad times as well as the tasty new restaurants opening weekly. We love all our coffee shops on Front and Columbia streets as well.
Our bars are friendly welcoming establishments, and if any of your family members end up in a bar downtown after forgetting to go to the drugstore and then must shop for wedding dresses I am positive the friendly staff will make sure they arrive home safely.
If you would like to visit the spectacular Anvil Centre, our gorgeous Pier Park or take a stroll on the boardwalk and see the mighty Fraser, why not take transit or better yet walk and spend the money you saved at Walmart.
Deborah Fayant, New Westminster
