Dear Editor:
Recently Burnaby city council has approved a number of new residential highrise buildings in the Metrotown area, including two of 45 and 46 storeys. Similar development is taking place in the Brentwood area.
I am concerned that this new high-density development is taking place without proper infrastructure planning.
The traffic around Brentwood and Metrotown is a nightmare and will only get worse as this new development comes on line.
Regardless of what anyone thinks, most of the new residents will want to travel by automobile, and I don't think our road system will be able to cope with the additional demand.
In my observation, the road system can barely cope with the existing demand in those areas, and I haven't seen any plans from the city to deal with the resulting increase.
No more such high-density development should be approved in the Metrotown and Brentwood areas until the city comes up with a viable plan for expanding our road infrastructure to cope with the increase in demand.
Garth Evans, Burnaby
