SFPR Threatens Historic Community of Delta

Dig beneath the surface of the BC Ministry of Transportation's potentially devastating South Fraser Perimiter Road--a key component of the BC Gateway Project. Meet Hazel and Sig, two of Delta's pioneer residents--both of whom stand to lose their historic homes to the ministry's expropriation program for a highway which threatens both the local environment and community. Interviews with local resident and SFPR critic Don Hunt and Conservative MP John Cummins.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• SFPR
• delta
• south
• fraser
• perimeter
• road
• burns
• bog
• highway
• Gateway
• BC
• Canada
• port
• container
• global
• shipping
• expropriation

[werdnagreb]

Thanks, Damien. It's good to hear some personal stories on how the SFPR will affect Delta. Sometimes, we get caught up in all the big ticket environmental issues, but we forget that there also are personal reasons why the SFPR will be bad for Delta.

[damiengillis]

As I remarked to Hazel Norum, who seemed sadly resigned to the Government's power to take her home and do as they please with it, if anyone has claim to the land she lives on, surely it must her and her family. At the end of the day, when I see these pillars of their community being cast aside in their golden years, somehow that resonates for me in a way no big environmental idea can.

[donnapassmore]

This road isn't vitally important - it isn't necessary at all. There are better, shorter routes - like Highway 10 which has already been twinned all the way to Langley, and is a much shorter route to the truck border crossing and Highway #1

It's unfortunate Optimus that you don't understand the relationship between community health and economic well being - because these roads make communities sick.

[OptimusX83]

This capital project is vital to the lives of working Canadians, it's vital to increasing the size of the public purse through tax revenue. The highway and port expansion is necessary for the growth of our economy and the creation of new jobs. Zero-growth policy, deep-ecology, and anti-human ontology is hardly an argument for stopping this project.

[birdcx1]

you say this road is vital, vital for what so cheap chinese junk can be imported to north america,I live near the proposed road and I think its a joke this road does more harm tha good go read the federal enviroment report

[OptimusX83]

It is sad that the community these folks built is being changed by the economic success of a 21st century Canada. Hopefully the community and all levels of government can work with families to make the relocation and the development of this vitally important road and rail link as much of a smooth transition as possible. This project is necessary for economic growth; it is crucial to the economy and the job future for countless families. It's time we compete on the global stage.

[germinator5]

It is sad to hear how people have to move. This has happened since time began however. Not nice...but a part of reality that has to be dealt with occassionally.