Opinion

Dear Editor: Living at the north end of the Pattullo Bridge in Victoria Hill for the past 11 years, I have crossed it hundreds of times and also went through the frustrating lane closures/repairs this past summer.

What could turn out to be one of the defining issues in the upcoming provincial election is coming into view, and it's not one of the usual topics.

(This blog entry started life earlier today as a Facebook post. I decided it would have more life if I turned it into a blog post, so here’s a slightly revised version.

Dear Editor Now that the Q2Q crossing has, sadly, been laid to rest for the long term, perhaps the city will look what could be done in the short term.

Perhaps it always was a dream that was unrealistic. Perhaps we just wanted so hard to believe it would happen that we didn’t want to look too closely at the plan. We speak of the Q2Q pedestrian access bridge that had been promised for Queensborough.

B.C. has enjoyed the services of a lot of independent Officers of the Legislature - Ombudsman, Privacy Commissioner, Auditor-General etc - but none have made their mark quite like the one who leaves her post this week.

Sometimes it pays to wait. Consider what the New Westminster waterfront might have looked like if the city back in the late ’90s had jumped at Larco’s plan to build five towers on the river.

“I didn’t get my paper.” Those were words that made Mrs. Dobie’s already thin lips get even thinner. In a flash she would be dialing the old rotary phone on her desk.

Dear Editor Those trees infringing on Quayside views should go ASAP. This is an error planting trees there. They are in the way of calming and relaxing views; not fair. Just an idea.

Dear Editor The installation of universally accessible, public washrooms in a paid-fare zone at Waterfront Station should be a priority in upcoming TransLink planning.