Dear Editor:
As a resident of Lower Lonsdale and keen follower of Port Metro Vancouver's and the city's movement on the proposed rail expansion project, I think it is time that we all get something straight: the name of this project.
In March, when the design phase is completed, a project proposal will be brought forward and presented to the city, its council and the community at large. These design documents will be the blueprint for the expansion of the Port Metro Vancouver rail yard and services.
It is not the Low Level Road Project as PMV keeps referring to it. It is the Port Metro Vancouver Rail Expansion Project, and these drawings will prove it.
The fact that our Low Level Road impedes PMV's ability to expand without consultation does not give PMV the right to mislead the public on the design outcome of this project. This is unfair to our community.
PMV started this wayward project by initially launching the project as the Low Level Road Improvement Project, but we note the word "improvement" has since been removed from their documentation. A mistake that may have cost them dearly for it certainly set off alarm bells within a five-mile radius of the subject road.
Let's keep it clear and concise for our city and for our future generations, at the end of March when the design drawings and costs of the design are brought forward to city council, it will be for the expansion of Port Metro Vancouver's rail yard and services, PMVREP.
Any fool knows that a section of road the size of our Low Level Road would not cost upwards of $100 million dollars to improve and, no pun intended, the force of a community to keep it on track.
Marianne Ketchen, North Vancouver
