Re: “Massey Tunnel replacement bridge nixed as delays grow,” column, Dec. 18.
The provincial government’s Massey Tunnel announcement is good news. Instead of wasting billions of public dollars on a freeway bridge boondoggle, which would make traffic and the climate crisis worse, any project will have to be compatible with the Clean B.C. climate-action plan.
The recent California Air Resources Board climate report says California has to reduce per-capita car travel by 25 per cent in just 11 years. B.C. has to reduce car travel by a similar amount.
Therefore, there will be far fewer cars travelling on the Highway 99 corridor in five years if we take our Paris Climate Agreement commitments seriously.
Electric public transit is where we need to focus our investment. There is no way for us to meet our greenhouse-gas targets if governments continue to spend billions on projects that increase GHG pollution.
Eric Doherty
Victoria
