Letters

Re: CRD water project under fire for cost, ‘flawed’ process ( News , Dec. 6)

MLA Ravi Parmar claims that the $85 million of federal and provincial money just spent to widen Sooke Road “will allow folks in the region to move around safely and more effectively.” But this very expensive project seems to have made traffic worse, not better. Nobody should be surprised by this result, you can’t build your way out of congestion with wider highways.

We’ve been reading about the upcoming cull of fallow deer on Sidney Island, where shooters will spray deer with rapidly fired shots from a helicopter. My stomach knots up.

The editorial in the Nov. 23 Oak Bay News paints a picture indicating civic politicians’ concerns are about protecting their community’s more affluent neighbourhoods. It states these elected officials want them to remain “safe enclaves for the crisis unfolding outside their stately doors.”

Having read Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson’s and former mayor Stew Young’s interviews in this week’s Gazette, I observed a few interesting things.