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Originally Posted by cornholio
Its not about commuters today. Its about opening up the coast to economic development. There is a deep water port there hundreds of square km's of land ready to be developed and more. None of this can be utilized without a reliable fixed link. Its as simple as that. The 2 to 3 billion would pay or its self many times over in a short period of time through increased economic activity in the region that stretches for 150 km's north of downtown Vancouver and offers some of the best land in this province.
None of this has anything to do with current residents and everything to do with future economic activity.
Until a fixed link is built the region will have virtually zero economic growth and continue being a borderline drain on the rest of the province. The ferry chokes of the region.
Also the Horseshoe bay terminal needs some half a billion in upgrades and one of the main ferry runs will need to shit down for a considerable period of time. As it stands that means several years of the Nanaimo run operating only out of Tssawassen unless the Langdale run can be discontinued.
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These sorts of claims require numbers