[AverageJoe]

A couple years ago, I wrote to the City of White Rock about building more underpasses for White Rock Beach. I think the underpasses would be great for safety and practicality rather than building the unsightly and useless fences. 2-4 of these along the entire White Rock Beach would be useful for pedestrians and, if necessary, emergency vehicles to access the beach.

A number of years ago they filled in the old pedestrian underpass that was built by the Great Northern RR. The pedestrian underpass also acted as a large outlet for water to go into the ocean if necessary. In 2000, White Rock had a mega storm that flooded the entire waterfront and the the water was about 2 metres deep in places along west beach. It happened again a few years later, though not quite as bad. The flooding wouldn't have happened at all if the water had a place to go.

The City's director of engineering replied back: "The City looked into the possibility of utilizing the old underpasses and determined it wasn’t practical to reopen it. Thank you for your comment."