Dear Editor:
I am amazed at how City of North Vancouver council can get the desires of the North Shore community so completely wrong twice within two weeks.
First the ticketing of SeaBus-bound traffic at the foot of Chesterfield Avenue, then the decision to scrap the landmark stern of the MV Flamborough Head from its current location just east of the foot of Lonsdale.
This structure and the massive photo of shipbuilder workers on the north end of the shipyard building together commemorate the thousands of men and women who toiled in the shipyards to construct the hundreds of Victory ships that allowed Canada to fulfill its role during the Second World War to provide the ships and crews that took food and wartime materials to England to help win the war.
Perhaps the federal government can renege on its contribution for the Maritime Museum, but this does not give city council the right to arbitrarily walk away from the ship’s stern stating that it would be too costly to repair the support structure and deal with the environmental problems.
I find it interesting that this was not brought to the public’s attention until well after Remembrance Day.
Shame on you, city council — but it is not too late to change your decision!
John A. Myers
North Vancouver
