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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 18, 2016 17:00:26 GMT -8
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Oct 20, 2016 22:21:53 GMT -8
This, I think, is nothing more than electioneering in the run-up to next May's provincial election. They are, of course, spending public (i.e. tax-payers') money in order to dangle this carrot. Some time not to long after the election has come & gone we will receive a message much the same as what Gabriola Islanders were told about the affordability of their 'bridge'. Cynical politics, nothing more. Agreed. Cynical politics, and probably futile politics as well, as I expect the locals will see through it with no problem.
No disrespect to the residents of the Sunshine Coast and Powell River area, but the kind of dollars being floated for the various options to do away with ferries would be insane, given that we're talking about communities totalling- what- 60,000 people? You could subsidize ferries for many decades before you would spend the amount required for the mooted bridges and highways, and that's not even taking into account the necessary maintenance on those capital projects.
Nonsense. But this is a government that fraudulently won the last election by promising umpteen LNG projects, not one of which has materialized. I guess this charade is small potatoes, in comparison.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 3, 2016 13:12:20 GMT -8
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