Dear Editor:
Re: Public to Have Say Before Monteray School Demolished for Housing, March 25 news story.
So our district council has decided to replace an underused school in an awkward location with ... more single family housing? Where is the vision in that decision?
Ours is already a low-density, car-dependent, transit-bereft community, full of properties which young families cannot hope to afford.
Our future does not lie in creating yet more such single family lots, unserviceable by transit because of their low density. Instead it lies in taking the opportunities which present themselves to build multi-family housing, which might support a viable public transit system, something which we do not have in this community.
Surely a large, pre-assembled, parcel of land such as this was a chance for a developer with vision to build homes which imposed a lighter burden upon our suburban environment but which young families could actually afford. I dare say that it will not be long into the useful life of the houses built before our council regrets this shortsighted decision.
Sadly our council never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
John Whyte
North Vancouver
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