Steveston - The Editor, Re: "Road paving short-sighted," Letters, Oct. 4. Like Mr. Draper, I too live in Richmond and am a long-term employee at the airport, having to endure the heavy traffic on my way to work.
Steveston - The Editor, Re: "Road paving short-sighted," Letters, Oct. 4. Like Mr. Draper, I too live in Richmond and am a long-term employee at the airport, having to endure the heavy traffic on my way to work.It may be unfortunate that the plan all along was a simple re-paving of Russ baker Way, and not a re-working of the roadway to facilitate a movement of the predictable bottleneck we are all so familiar with on this stretch of road. But all is not as bad as it seems, for me at least.I'm tickled pink at the new bike lane running adjacent to Russ Baker Way, nextto YVR's perimeter fence.This separated path is a safer route to ride and cuts both time and distance on the way to the airport. It's a great addition to Sea Island.If anyone gets frustrated sitting amongst all the cars and trucks lined up on Russ Baker, cast a glance westward and see all the happy, healthy people riding their bicycles to work.Maybe that will provide a little motivation to get out of a vehicle and on a bike, and that makes things better for just about everyone.Brad KilburnSteveston
