Dear Editor: It seems good things - news, disgruntled taxpayers and opinions - come in threes. First it was the "mosquito" in LoLo that no one could locate but definitely upset a few people. Then it was the train whistles announcing the train at crossings a number of blocks from the Norgate community. Now, allow me to chime in (no pun intended as it's much more noticeable than a chime) about the sounds emanating from the North Shore bus depot.
There are hundreds, maybe over a thousand, citizens who live across the street from this industrial relic. High pitched squeals are nightly from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. while they rotate
tires, hammer parts and leave doors/gas caps open that have a high pitch you wouldn't believe. Did you know that for at least six months a year for one to two hours every Sunday afternoon every single bus idles to ensure it starts on Monday? Eighty diesel vehicles can make a house shake! Buses shoot from a parking lot to the main lot up and down Ridgeway all day while screeching eerily close to cars, children and pets. Supposedly this noisy, dangerous behemoth is closing down in the next few years. TransLink - please keep this promise! This promise was broken in 2011, 2007 and probably many times before.
Tiff Daniels North
Vancouver
