Opinion

As you know, way back in 1996, a new road was built at Langdale. It moved the traffic bottleneck at the ferry terminal to the top of the hill two kilometres away and afforded a place to unload the ferry.

In a recent letter to the editor, one reader wrote in saying, "Just as a driver, just feeling really uncomfortable with this intersection and having a lot of close calls here to the extent that I don't use this intersection anymore.

On Aug. 3, the recently installed traffic calming on O'Shea Road was given a trial when a unique musical event happened that hot, sunny day. Where street parking was available, we now have traffic calming barriers.

I would like to congratulate Gibsons on the advent of its very first Pride Weekend.

A lack of provincial court judges, delays in trials, even cases thrown out and alleged criminals let back onto our streets - these all combine to make a dire situation, one that could get even worse on the Sunshine Coast and other communities unless

Michael Poole is hardly an authority on B.C. power requirements (Coast Reporter letters, July 31).

A few questions to ponder, before jumping on the curbside recycling pick up program. One might ask, what will curbside pick-up cost the rural taxpayers? We hear $60, then $80, even $120 increase in taxes for curbside pick-up.

On a recent trip to the Gibsons and Area Commu-nity Centre, I couldn't help notice how much of our tax money is being poured into a facility we are barely even using.

We have always voted Liberal, with the exception of last year when we voted against the carbon tax.

When I read a letter in Coast Reporter months ago by Yvonne Mounsey, I immediately called her. Years ago I thought how lights were very needed in Roberts Creek, but I am not part of the community there. Reading Mrs.