Editor:
When I first came to the Coast 45 years ago, there were no ferry reservations, because you didn’t need them. You always got on the ferry, no waits, apart from holiday weekends. Since then tourism has boomed and the population has tripled. Our town councils encourage ever more development – the trouble is the infrastructure of the Sunshine Coast is basically what it was in the 1970s. There is still only one two-lane highway, very often with a continuous line of traffic, even in winter. The ferries run overloaded even midweek and are chronically late and break down too often. Our water supply has more restrictions than even the Okanagan, a semi-desert area.
Yet there is still no approved plans to improve our infrastructure. We have lots of planners – town planners, regional planners, planners for BC Ferries. We also have no shortage of excuses. What we lack is responsible action.
So it was with pleasure that I read that Gibsons council has secured its own independent water supply from its own aquifer (“Upper Gibsons taps aquifer,” Aug. 7). Gibsons council bypassed the ineffectual Regional District and took the decision to solve the problem. They improved Gibsons’ water supply. Kudos to the Gibsons Town Council!
It’s a good start. Now what about Sechelt? What about the ferries and the highways? Don’t the rest of us deserve some real solutions to our water, highway and ferry problems? Enough inaction. Enough finger pointing. Enough excuses.
Stan Lubin, Sechelt
