Dear Editor:
Re: Mayors Council Moves on Mobility Pricing, June 7 front-page story.
In the old days, North Vancouver used to be a low-keyed, laid-back city. Nowadays it hums with urban activity and a big city vibe. The mountain vistas and harbour views we used to enjoy are rapidly disappearing behind increasingly higher condo towers. Everywhere you look, whole blocks of detached homes are being bought up by developers to be replaced by more condos.
There is no longer any empty land to spread out on so developers are stacking people into tall condo towers. Most of these “sky people” have automobiles so is it any wonder that traffic “congestion is having a very significant impact on the North Shore,” as lamented by District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton in the June 7 edition of the North Shore News?
To ease traffic gridlock, our city planners are considering “mobility pricing.” The cost of living in the Lower Mainland is already one of the highest in North America, and now a new commission wants to increase the financial burden we struggle with by introducing new tolls and fees on motorists. Although it’s too late to bring back the way things used to be, wouldn’t it be reasonable for city council to consider checks on development projects that appear to be out of control?
Rolfe Welker
North Vancouver
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