Editor:
Once again, the incompetence of BC Ferries and our current provincial government was demonstrated on Good Friday at the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal. Why do neither our provincial or federal elected representatives not champion the need for a fixed link to the Sunshine Coast?
The pathetic waste of money on ferries to the Sunshine Coast is a joke when the volume cannot be accommodated in Horseshoe Bay. Horseshoe Bay should only serve Vancouver Island and Bowen Island and a fixed link to the Sunshine Coast is in everyone’s best interest.
The government study of road and bridge access to the Sunshine Coast and Powell River showed that a bridge link with a toll that would be less than ferry fares had a cost benefit to the area. It would be a huge benefit to families and businesses on the Sunshine Coast. Children could grow up and work on the Sunshine Coast rather than leaving to find work elsewhere. Businesses would prosper and make life on the Sunshine Coast better for everyone. It would also take the development pressure off the Fraser Valley and allow it to be kept for growing food and animals.
We need a forward looking government and elected officials on the Sunshine Coast that will support a better future for everyone.
Brian Hulme, Sechelt
