Dear Editor:
There is a motorway (highway) in England, the M25; better known as The Parking Lot. Yesterday I saw, once again, our own Cut Parking Lot. We are told that it is due to workers who cannot afford to live here, people who work downtown or across the bridge(s), many accidents from careless drivers and here is one for you: families whose relatives now live out in the Fraser Valley — for the same reasons as workers.
The M25 is bad due to multiple reasons as well — the route to two airports (Gatwick and Heathrow) and to the Chunnel, now complicated by trucks attempting to import/export goods and snarling up traffic.
(On Aug. 18 on the M25) a crash caused an 11-mile queue. While I was there, traffic was so bad they closed a motorway to have two rows of trucks “stacked” side by side; there were lines both sides of the channel.
We are not there yet but if something is not done soon, the ticking people bomb will explode.
We need rapid transit today.
Maybe we should tie balloons to our backs and float over? Thank heavens I am retired.
Janet Dysart
North Vancouver
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