Editor: I am a boat owner and a long time resident of Tsawwassen. I want to know why it is that we have to travel to Ladner to find a decent boat ramp and dock when there could be one in our own backyard? Who needs to be contacted to pave a proper roadway on the causeway? B.C. Ferries? Tsawwassen First Nation? Seems like there is funding for huge retail buildings and housing yet paving a road that is currently in extremely poor condition and building a proper boat launch has never been considered.
I don't think any boat owner would object to paying a fee to use such a convenient boat ramp. If you look around Tsawwassen, you can't drive 30 seconds without seeing a boat in someone's driveway.
There's an opportunity here for not only the residents of Tsawwassen but the Greater Vancouver area. There are many people using this boat launch that come from all over the Lower Mainland.
B.C. Ferries has argued it doesn't want a launch by the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, however boating traffic would still be minimal compared to other ferry terminals.
We are a wealthy community yet we have to either launch in another country (Point Roberts) or drive to Ladner and then go up a river for an hour to get to the ocean that is right on our doorstep.
Pascal Bajgar
