Editor:
Thirty-four years ago, my wife and I settled in Ladner, near Ladner Elementary.
On hot, summer days, the walk along 44th Ave. past the elementary school field with two very small children in a stroller was unpleasant indeed. Delta did plant trees along that walk and as those trees grew to give shade to the walk, it became quite pleasant on even the hottest summer day.
With last year’s 44 Ave. improvement project, those trees were removed. Happily, most of the trees were relocated although a few did have to be cut. Now, with this summer’s heat, that walk is again very unpleasant and I wonder how current young families with very small children handle it?
Why, why, oh why, on relocating those trees, did they not simply do the sensible thing and move them to the other side of the fence, keeping the walk nicely shaded?
Edwin M. Hopkins
