Editor:
Burnaby Council's decision to relocate required rental units from planned towers at Austin-Gatineau site to another site already occupied by hundreds of units of low-income rental housing is beyond reason.
They want to demolish units that shelter many new immigrants, including refugees, university students and other people that are struggling in today’s economic conditions, just to do a “favour” for the developer. Boo-hoo. Essentially, the rents in the new development will be doubled, they want to create a shortcut from Lougheed Highway to Government Road that would see traffic increase substantially through a neighborhood that doesn’t even a have legal-width road and that will run through an extremely busy park with many children running around.
Recently, while I was driving up Cardston Avenue, three children ran into the street right in front of my car. Lucky I drive slow and am aware, but with drivers looking for a shortcut during rush hour, this situation could be very deadly.
Kudos to Couns. Jordan and Johnston for having common sense. I expected more from councillors Gu and Keithley, and the mayor, considering the platform that got him voted in.
Milos Durdevic
Burnaby
