Get Moving BC

We need it all

The Langley Advance has it right in its editorial today:

As our communities grow denser, and gas more expensive, we need more options, everything from bike lanes to rail links, from highway upgrades to HOV lanes. The region's leaders will be judged on how well they can plan for the needs of today and tomorrow.

We need it all--transit, roads, bike lanes, trails, everything. The south Fraser is so woefully underserved in every area of infrastructure. We are playing catch-up from decades of poor federal and provincial planning.

The Advance editorial is in response to the news that funding for several south Fraser road/rail grade separations have been announced by Ottawa, Victoria, local governments like Langley, Surrey and Delta, TransLink, the ports, and the rail companies.

For people who do not live in this area, it is difficult to explain how important these overpasses are from a traffic and transit point of view. A single train can cut the Willowbrook regional town centre in half for several minutes and leave hundreds of cars idling unnecessarily. For more on Langley's rail issues, click here.

posted by Jordan Bateman @ 8:50 AM