To the editor:
The simple solution to both the most recent bike path issue and the tearing down of the viaducts is to have a referendum. No amount of public consultation seems to dissuade the Vision team from carrying out whatever plans they feel is right, even if it has a negative impact on the community.
Regarding the aforementioned bike path project, it is expected to cost taxpayers (yes, the money doesn't grow on trees) $5.4 million, and yet the Vancouver School Board is facing an $18 million dollar deficit. I cannot be alone in thinking that the needs of students should outweigh the needs of a few cyclists.
I can only imagine how much tearing down the viaducts will cost, and would rather see the money go to almost anything else. And that does not include more bike lanes.
Rob Lindsay, Vancouver
