Editor:
Re: Not all agree on the 'Facts,' letter to the editor, Nov. 16
Helen Kettle has attempted to downplay the effect of all the proposed and actual development in South Delta.
The facts that are apparent and unarguable are that TFN wishes to build 4,400 housing units, a container storage facility, a big box commercial area and there is a possibility of an incinerator and a free trade zone on its land.
Then Terminal 2 is seemingly unstoppable. As she says, we already have almost 500 units being built at Tsawwassen Springs.
Yet the argument that we will be short of housing continues from those who favour a high-density construction on the Southlands. In fact, we will see a huge choice of housing in South Delta, and probably need to build more schools and extend the recreation centre to accommodate this growth.
The future of Tsawwassen, and its livability hangs in the balance, and the constant lobbying by those who are associated with obtaining commercial return by desecrating this area should be defeated yet again.
The ostrich-like ignorance of all these development plans is deliberate.
The area we call South Delta includes Ladner, Tsawwassen and the TFN lands. Tell me that the roads and traffic can be subdivided into separate parts.
Peter Duffey
