Editor:
We wish to officially oppose the current Century Group's proposal and any future change to the Boundary Bay lands known as the Southlands.
Our association with this land goes back over 40 years, when it was successfully farmed by a large, resident family that grew a varied crop of vegetables and hay as well as dairy cattle.
Following are some of our reasons to preserve this land as farmland:
1. It is viable farmland that should be reserved for food production for a growing Lower Mainland population.
2. The land is situated on a flood plain that is in great danger of destruction by rising sea levels of unknown heights, regardless of dike construction with extensive costs.
3. The fill and diking proposed would require a prohibitive flow of trailered trucks through Tsawwassen's main thoroughfare.
4. With the already approved development of Tsawwassen Springs and at the Tsawwassen First Nation, general traffic along with increased port and ferry traffic will make commuting in and out of Tsawwassen nearly prohibitive.
5. We urge all members of Delta council and others to visit 52nd Street and Highway 17 to see the destruction of prime farmland that grew beautiful pumpkins, squash, corn, peas, etc., which is now being covered by about three or four feet of river silt in preparation for commercial development by the Tsawwassen First Nations.
Joyce and Al Warner
