Delta BC

Action for Better Transit Not Freeway Expansion:

Picket Planned for Delta Massey Tunnel Open House Saturday

10:00am
- 1:00pm
Saturday March 16 2013

Action for Better Transit Not Freeway Expansion:

Picket Planned for Delta Massey Tunnel Open House Saturday

Join the Council of Canadians Delta/Richmond Chapter in calling for improved transit instead of building a multi-billion dollar replacement for the Massey Tunnel and expanding freeways. We will picket and leaflet the Ministry of Highways’ Delta open house on the Saturday March 16 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn 1665 56th Street, Delta, B.C. (Access via 601 bus from Bridgeport Station on the Canada Line) http://tinyurl.com/cqsz35b

"We need to make transit an accessible and convenient mode of commuting instead of spending our public money replacing the tunnel." said Cathy Wilander spokesperson for the Delta/Richmond chapter of the Council of Canadians. "We have to get people out of their cars. This is particularly relevant to our community as global warming from carbon emissions is here and our community, a flood plain, is particularity vulnerable to rising sea levels.”

Improving transit is one of the most important ways to reduce emissions, and to give commuters a way to avoid congestion. Numerous studies and long experience shows that highway expansion just creates new bottle necks, wider traffic jams, and increased carbon emissions.

A new tunnel or bridge would allow the Port Corporation to move much larger ships, including oil tankers and coal ships, up the Fraser River. Oil spills and coal dust pollution are a serious threat to the ecological health of the River and the salmon that depend on it.

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