In your article about the man that fell off his horse, you state that, “Due to the injuries he sustained, it was determined that he should be transported by boat to the ambulance.”
What if the lake was choppy and had whitecaps on it? Is anyone concerned that an ambulance is not able to provide emergency services, when they should be able to access all of the way to Cosens Bay by a safe road.
When B.C. Parks put a gate on the road in 1993, it was taken to court by the property owners in Cosens Bay. The property owners won and B.C. Parks had to remove the gate and Cosens Bay Road was now open to the public. What most people may not know is the judge only ruled on the one road because that was all the property owners were concerned with.
But what was called Corral Road down to Cosens Bay is also another road that B.C. Parks has closed and the public should have access to the beach by a safe road.
Parks has closed the road to the beach and has not allowed the Ministry of Transportation to properly maintain Cosens Bay Road.
They are putting lives at risk in instances like this where this man’s life was in danger. Public safety and enjoyment of the park does not seem to be B.C. Parks’ goal.
With the road properly open and maintained to Cosens Bay, ambulances and rescue crews would be able to do their jobs in a more efficient manner.
People in wheelchairs or parents with strollers would be able to access the beach. With proper parking, lots people would not have to wander out on to the road to enter the park, and if designed appropriately, horse trailers would have a special area to park and unload their horse’s safely without cars, dogs, bikers and people rushing by. Loading and unloading a horse can be a challenge and currently puts everyone in that area at risk.
Brent Hauberg
Vernon
