Re: “Forget ticket-scalping, replace Massey Tunnel,” letter, April 19.
The writer believes the NDP government should spend millions of our hard-earned taxpayer dollars to increase capacity at the Massey Tunnel.
I suggest he is part of the solution, taking a bus past all the single-occupant vehicles whose drivers choose to cross at the same peak times each day.
I agree that the government should solve this problem next month — and at all the rush-hour traffic choke points in B.C.
Simply enact a rush-hour congestion tax using licence-plate readers. Two or three dollars each way would get people using transit, working flex hours, living closer to work and carpooling quickly, and eliminate the need for costly capital investment and debt.
Simple fix. The carbon tax alone isn’t enough to save people from themselves.
Ken Mawdsly
Victoria
