Editor:
Re: Get company to sponsor bridge to save us money, letter to the editor, Oct. 5
This is in reply to the letter regarding vibrations from vehicles travelling through the George Massey Tunnel while kayaking over it near the shoreline, and that it should be removed because it must disturb the fish and birdlife.
The George Massey Tunnel was built below the riverbed and does not interfere in the migration of salmon or other fish species, nor does it interfere in the flight path of birds.
Should we not be more concerned about the environmental effects of a high level bridge, hundreds of feet in the air, combined with the new overhead high voltage transmission lines (that presently go under the river bed in the tunnel)? Would this not result in more bird kill?
Or with the proposal to remove the George Massey Tunnel and to dredge the riverbed deeper to make the Fraser Surrey Docks a viable operation at taxpayers' expense? What effect will this increased depth have on migrating salmon or sturgeon who live in the riverbed?
What effect would the increased number of ships navigating the river and the increased industrialization have on the foreshores and existing dikes and the habitat on the wetland marshes and would recreational kayaking still be viable?
Build a new crossing but build it so it fits the environment in which it is located.
Douglas George Massey
