Editor:
Re: Outdated info spurs fears, July 23
The article stated: "He (KRPI consultant) pointed to CBU operating a powerful transmitter on the shoreline at the end of Williams Road in Richmond, just metres from thousands of homes, while CKNW has a transmitter close to residential infill at Highway 15 and 88th Avenue in Surrey."
We checked the veracity of the Surrey towers and found four towers located on a very large, vacant field. The surrounding area was sparsely populated and consisted of farmland, some horses, cattle, crops and a soil facility. The farms were large acreages and further away houses were on acreages, certainly not dense housing like Tsawwassen.
There was one small, recently developed parcel of land on 171A Street (approximately 10 acres) with huge houses on large lots. Perhaps this is what the consultant was referring when he used the term "residential infill."
As best as we could estimate, the towers were approximately one kilometre away from this small "residential infill." This is not comparable to the Point Roberts proposed towers, which would be only 1,000 feet away from densely populated Tsawwassen.
We think "close to residential infill" was misleading with partial information given.
We haven't checked out the CBU transmitter site as yet.
It would appear that KRPI justifies thePoint Roberts towers being located 1,000 feet from Tsawwassen by comparing them to towers that were built in sparsely populated areas that later become more populated.
However, Tsawwassen was already densely populated when KRPI proposed its Point Roberts towers. There must be a reason why there are population density standards for Canada and the United States regarding radio towers.
Don and Beverly Alder
