Apr 29
2005
I am very
disappointed
in Delta's
engineering
department's
and Pacific
Land Group's
lack of
willingness
to include
the
residents of
the Sunbury
Area
(between
Nordel Way
and River
Road) in the
traffic
routing
options
present at
the April 15
public
meeting.
The Sunbury
area has one
parcel of
land that is
included in
the larger
Pacific Land
Development
plan for the
other side
of Nordel
for a total
of 100 acres
or 1,000
housing
units.
At the
public
meeting all
five traffic
routing
options
addressed
the roads
and
residents
south and
southeast of
Nordel only,
and each
option
proposed
pushing more
traffic
through the
Sunbury
area.
When I wrote
Delta asking
why no
traffic flow
options were
provided for
the Sunbury
residents
the response
was: "Our
Engineering
Dept. is
satisfied
that
existing
roads can
accommodate
increased
traffic from
Area H
concerning
and that is
why no
options were
presented."
I find this
statement
and reason
for not
providing
traffic
options very
disturbing.
The Sunbury
residents
are not
satisfied
and Delta's
"satisfaction"
conclusion
did not
include any
Sunbury
residents
input.
The issue at
hand is not
if the roads
can handle
more traffic
but should
they!
The Sunbury
area has an
existing
known
traffic
volume
problem that
the
Corporation
of Delta has
tried to
address
unsuccessfully
over the
years.
At the
public
meeting, a
Delta
spokesman
stated "we
do not want
to create
commuter
by-pass
problems."
However,
this is
exactly the
traffic
problem
Delta and
the
developer
proposed for
the
residents of
Sunbury
area.
In closing,
I ask Delta
and Pacific
Land Group
to include
all
residents
and areas
effected by
this housing
development
and ask that
traffic
options be
created for
the Sunbury
residents.
Tammie
Citak
Delta