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Important Meeting!

Monday May 12th at 7pm
Delta Municipal Hall (map)

WE CAN STOP GATEWAY -- the South Fraser Perimeter Road is the key.

Delta municipal council will be discussing both Delta Port expansion and the South Fraser Perimeter Road at the council meeting this Monday! Council staff have prepared reports regarding the environmental impact of the port expansion and the environmental assessment being done before the South Fraser Perimeter road can be built.

The building of Terminal Two at Delta Port would have massive environmental implications including impact on whale migratory routes, the largest bird estuary in the region and drastic increases in pollution and green house gas emissions. The Council report recommendations suggest that port expansion be delayed for five years to study the impact of the smaller scale expansion that has already taken place.

The South Fraser Perimeter Road if built will have very serious impacts on Burns Bog, the "lungs of the lower mainland" and the largest carbon sink in the region. The Burns Bog Conservation Society has come out against the building of this major highway designed to serve increased truck traffic generated from the expansion of delta port. The Gateway programs own studies show this highway could lead to increased cancer rates and other illnesses in the region. The council report suggests that council staff be involved in the environmental review process. Lets make sure they know we want them to raise serious concerns at these meetings!

Council will be discussing the reports from staff and then making decision based on their recommendations. We need to be there to make sure they know folks in Delta and throughout the lower mainland are concerned about these decisions.

The meeting starts at 7pm (the important items are close to the end of the agenda so folks could show up closer to 7:45 or 8pm if they want to get out there on their own).

A group of us will be leaving on the #601 bus from in front of Burrard Skytrain in Vancouver at 5:45 to go out to the meeting. The bus takes 50 min. and stops in front of the Municipal Hall. We will be meeting up with friends from the Burns Bog Conservation Society and other concerned citizens.

BULLETIN FROM www.gatewaysucks.org