The Editor,
Re. "Mayors demand audit of TransLink" (The Tri-City News, Jan. 20).
Besides an audit of TransLink, another issue the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation should examine regarding how tax money is spent is the justification for building the Evergreen Line.
In all the years I have reviewed articles on this line, I have never seen any convincing ridership estimates that will justify building it. Sufficient ridership for the Evergreen Line needs to average about 100,000 riders per day.
The Millennium SkyTrain Line can cater to far more people than the Evergreen Line and yet the Millennium Line averages 60,000 riders per day. Therefore, what hope is there that the Evergreen Line ridership will ever be sufficient?
If Metro Vancouver mayors can see the Evergreen Line is doomed to boondoggle status, they would be looking at alternatives for the Evergreen Line and SkyTrain expansion in east Vancouver.
Vincent Lizee, Coquitlam
