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Written by Bonnie on 25 February, 2007

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As you may know, although the provincial NDP has been raising some good questions regarding the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion - they have not taken a firm position against it, for fear of losing voters in Surrey. This stands in contrast to the strong position they took in opposition to the proposed coal fired power plants in Princeton and Tumbler Ridge - which they have raised repeatedly, and which seem to be in serious jeopardy now.

However, I understand there will be an internal debate within the NDP about whether or not to change their position of the Port Mann issue (i.e. stand up in opposition to the twinning and highway expansion) - given the increased awareness of climate change issues. E-mails sent to your MLA (find contact info here: http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm) with a copy to transportation critic David Chudnovsky david.chudnovsky.mla@leg.bc.ca would probably be very helpful right about now. Please send letters as soon as you're able. Just something simple would be great - expressing your opposition to the expansion and your wish that the NDP take a strong stand.

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I just wrote about this as

Written by jsmr on 26 February, 2007

I just wrote about this as well, and urge all of you to speak up while there's still a chance to create options instead of encouraging sprawl and futher fossile fuel use and dependence.

Take your ideas from Bonnie's or my letter and write your own to your MLA (find contact info here: http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm) and then send a copy to transportation critic David Chudnovsky david.chudnovsky.mla@leg.bc.ca)

Here's what I wrote:
I urge you to oppose twinning the Port Mann Bridge and the major expansion of Highway 1 into Vancouver. Smarter in the short and long term would be, in my opinion, to put these monies into commuter programs and public transportation systems. We have to make the move away from single occupancy vehicle travel sometime. The sooner we start, the better.