The Editor,
Re. "Battle of the church bells continues in PoCo" (The Tri-City News, July 18).
I could not believe someone would take on church bells. That sound has long been a symbol of peace, happiness, sadness and even a celebration, as mentioned.
I live in the lower Lougheed triangle and I would love to have Wendy McHaffie come sit in my yard day to day and at all hours when the train horns blast at well over 100 decibels with no regard for time.
Since moving in 15 years ago, the people at city hall thought it would be a good idea to cut all the trees that used to buffer the freeway noise as well as the noise from trains to make way for highway expansion, and replace them with an eight-foot-high wall for young artists to colour up because that's all its good for.
I would invite Ms. McHaffie to come at 2 and 3 and 3:30 a.m., and every 20 minutes some days, when the trains go through the crossing at Braid and Columbia/Brunette, and hang on the horn wire for more than five seconds four times. That's in the middle of the night! You want to talk about loss of use and enjoyment
How is this not disturbing the peace? Especially in the middle of the night? How can I stop them, if only in the middle of the night?
John Bakirgis, Coquitlam
