Editor: the B.C. Liberal government led us to believe that our finances are in great shape.
Yet in July 2013 a local television news broadcast indicated that B.C. was in debt $56.1 billion. Then on Feb. 19, 2014, they stated B.C. was in debt $64.8 billion.
A huge part of this debt is:
a) The Sea to Sky Highway
b) The Port Mann Bridge
c) The road to Big White, so Christy Clark could win the riding in Kelowna.
Then our B.C. Liberal party tells us that TransLink is responsible for the Pattullo Bridge, the Westham Bridge (in Ladner) the Knight Street Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge.
How can TransLink afford to be responsible for bridges when the money taken in from fares on the public transportation do not even cover the cost of running our public transportation system?
Is there a better way, since it has been proven around the world that government cannot build enough roads and bridges into a city surrounded by water to ease traffic congestion for very long?
Yes, it has also been proven that good public transportation can ease traffic congestion and be very sustainable.
On the news there has been some talk against SkyTrain, so let us look at Toronto, with the same system, built and installed around the same time. Our system runs a lot better and is in far better shape.
There are also a lot of good people working on our public transportation and it also has good leadership under Kevin Desmond and Peter Fassbender.
After reading the Langley Times on June 10, I was under the distinct impression that they were both indicating that SkyTrain would be too costly.
With SkyTrain costing more than light surface passenger rail and buses, which as I understand it, we have the money for now, we will more than likely have to go to a referendum for SkyTrain.
I would love to see SkyTrain come to Langley City. Then I remember that we voted down every referendum that we have ever had.
Bill Taylor,
Langley City
