Falcon in Abbotsford
The Abbotsford News reports that Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon will be the guest speaker at the April 27 Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce meeting. That should be interesting, as Fraser Valley mayors--including Abby's George Ferguson resist the idea of being swallowed by TransLink. Mission Mayor James Atebe is the latest to jump off the TransLink bandwagon (see the Maple Ridge News article here):For example, said Atebe, an independent authority could look at creating better connections between Mission and Maple Ridge or ways to improve service between Abbotsford and Aldergrove, Surrey and Langley.
In other TransLink news, Falcon has apparently told Lower Mainland mayors that they will select the 11-member TransLink Board. Again, from the MR News:
“Apparently we’re choosing them,” Pitt Meadows Mayor Don MacLean told Black Press after mayors met behind closed doors to discuss the TransLink overhaul Tuesday.
But he said another Victoria-chosen group, comprised of heads of professional bodies like the Engineers Association of B.C., will draw up a list of candidates.
It would shift some power back toward the Council of Mayors, which critics said would be left with virtually no say over most TransLink decisions, except for a tightly constrained process to approve a 10-year strategic plan.
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