This project [“Highway link study begins,” February 10], if ever completed, would without any doubt provide enormous benefits to Powell River and the region in so many ways it is almost unimaginable.
Construction jobs, permanent jobs, new business creation, new communities, increased value of affected real estate, lifestyle improvements, tourism spikes, improved safety benefits of a land route in and out, and mere traffic efficiencies are just scratching the surface of myriad positive impacts of such a route.
This road should not be a question of if or when, it should be a question of how quickly it can be completed.
I know of no other economic stimulus that would have immediate benefits from the very first day work started, to the decades, if not centuries, after it was completed.
This is an incredible plan and I’m just a regular visitor and second-home owner in the Powell River area from Chicago. I have been going up there every year for 20 years.
This would open up not only a whole new world, but an incredibly beautiful new world that must be opened right now.
Go, go, go, with all the energy you can muster. I applaud your vision and your action to realize your vision. Your project is a runaway winner. And, what a great platform for some politician to publicly and loudly embrace as his/her opus or legacy for his/her term in office. This is a game changer.
Robert and Kathleen Brennan
Chicago, IL
