The Editor
Re: “Rail projects offer hope for safety improvements on Tri-City roads” (The Tri-City News, Aug. 9).
The proposal for a $30-million overpass to carry Colony Farm Road over the CP Rail industrial spur is extravagant.
A less costly alternative would be to upgrade the existing access road off the Mary Hill Bypass to provide all-direction access to the regional park.
Another thrifty alternative would be a new access road off Shaughnessy Street on the existing dike, to a new two-lane bridge over the Coquitlam River with the road continuing west to tie into the existing parking lot.
Other bad road-rail crossings that were overlooked in the Fraser River Trade Area planning study were a Braid Street overpass of the CP industrial spur at Brunette Avenue in New Westminster and the Cariboo Road overpass of the double-track CN mainline at Government Street in Burnaby.
D. B. Wilson
Port Moody
BIZ IMPACTS
The Editor
Re: “Rail projects offer hope for safety improvements on Tri-City roads” (The Tri-City News, Aug. 9).
I was interested to note that although concern was expressed about the effect that these projects might have on Colony Farm Regional Park, nothing was said about the equally great effect on the businesses and residences along Kingsway Avenue and Westwood Street, which will either be displaced or devalued by such massive road changes.
These are not just commuter routes but shopping areas that we use on a daily basis.
Speaking as one who lives near the rail tracks, I can’t say I’m enthusiastic about the prospect of a doubling of the tracks for increased rail traffic either.
Lynn Barrow
Port Coquitlam
