Dear Editor:
Re: City's Pattullo plan gets support from biz group - The Record, June 13.
I read this article with bemusement. The McBride-Sapperton Residents' Association has struggled with formally supporting the "position paper" the city recently released supporting a new, tolled, four-lane bridge as the best option for the Pattullo Bridge upgrade.
The problem I have is that when the city took this "position paper" on the road, stopping off at various nearby municipalities, the joy ride took a whole new turn in Surrey. Coun. Jonathan Cote told Surrey that perhaps the four-lane bridge could actually become a six-lane bridge in the future.
And lo and behold there it is: not included in the headline story in The Vancouver Sun on Friday June 13 about the mayors' $7.5-billion transportation plan but rather tucked away, out of view on page 10, and I quote: "The plan also calls for a new four-lane $980 million Pattullo Bridge, which can be expanded to six lanes later on."
If six lanes is not a good idea now, how on earth will it become a good one in the future?
I think, especially in this election year, that it would be prudent of the citizens of New Westminster (and all municipalities, for that matter) to abide by the old adage: Actions speak louder than words. Listen to what your elected officials say ... but more importantly, watch what they do!
Catherine Cartwright, Sapperton
