The Editor,
Re. “City of Lougheed rises next door” (The Tri-City News, Oct. 12).
The referenced article is incorrect when it states that Lougheed City will house 10,000 people — it’s actually 10,000 UNITS, equating to 20,000 to 25,000 PEOPLE.
How did this complex get so big without public input? But as it’s on Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan’s turf he couldn’t care less about Coquitlam or even his own constituents. His statement that the Burquitlam development is going to affect Burnaby is a specious argument at best.
But some bigger questions:
How is Royal Columbian Hospital going to handle this many more people plus the new 10,000 from Burquitlam five minutes away?
As well, if this development and more are part of Metro Vancouver’s growth strategy, what is Metro doing about our watershed capacity? We ran low last year — we can’t keep adding people without water issues. Water meters will not solve anything, give your head a shake.
I would like these issues addressed and answered.
Apparently, SkyTrain will save us all. I’ll think about that when it whizzes by my house and I’m scooping out my gutters looking for a drop of drinking water.
Al Harness, Coquitlam
