Dear editor,
As I was surfing the Net the other day, I came across an interesting article.
China is going to build a six-lane, 31-mile bridge to link Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland. It will have to withstand tropical typhoons with winds up to 125 mph with almost 22 miles crossing the open sea.
We had Glen Clark's fiasco with the fast cats; $460M then sold at a $52M loss!
Mr. Hahn at $1.2M salary a year for the last eight years and now he receives a wonderful pension package of $315,000 plus.
Lately we've had a boat run into a dock; how long is it going to be at this rate before another of the boats is going to sink.
We could be the recreation capital of Canada. Well, let's build a bridge and get on with it. Doesn't matter what political party does it just get on with it; enough studies already.
Bridges could be built from Comox to Powell River then from Saltery Bay to Earl's Cove and Langdale to Horseshoe Bay with updates to the highway that are needed anyway.
Let contractors build the bridges with their money and give them a long period of time with toll booth revenues. Charges would be the same as the ferries.
No waiting lines or traffic congestion!
Melba Proudlove,
Courtenay