High-density growth
‘sensible’ for N. Shore

Dear Editor:

The June 23 front page story regarding the Citizens
Action Group cf Lower Lonsdale has provoked me
into action.

Yes, we are all concerned about our neighborhoods
and the resulting quality of life we enjoy. Unfortu-
nately, “development is okay until I get a piece of
paradise, then all further devetopment should stop”’ is
the sentimerit that is lauded tco often.

We can be certain that urban growth, especially
now that we are a ‘world class’ city, is inevitable, So
the rcal question is: how can I see to it that my taxes
are spent sensibly to support the standards { want and
how can I ensure that the inevitable urban growth oc-
curs in a manner commensurate with my life goals?

When we look at the overail planning picture of
Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, our analysis
shows several things. Clearly it is amoral to urbanize
the farm land on the flood plain in Richmond.

But that is just what we are doing. ‘his must stop,
and will stop the rext time a 200-year level flood de-
scends or the soft silt is turned to mush by the ex-
pected earthquake.

But what of the long term, the future of our city in

the 2Ist century? What will Greater Vancouver be like
when we are dead and gone?

The sensible place for high-density urban growth is
the North Shore area. The third, fourth and fifth
crossings (Manhattan has eight, already) will enable a
twin Vancouver city centre to grow up.

The vision I have is an urbanization of the character
and density of Hong Kong. Imagine the North Shore,
seen from Vancouver as a totally urbanized mass. I
see this happening before 2050.

I hope this vision scares you. It scares me.

This is just what we will get through the process of
urbanization by protest. We fight it out neighborhood
by neighborhood and eventually lose to the inevitable
economic pressures.

This creates the piece by piece growth through con-
stantly changing zones by successive councils that we
have come to accept as normal! urban growth. Look at
how North Vancouver has grown and changed in the
past 25 years. What about the next 75?

What is needed is a comprehensive tri-municipal 50
to 75-year North Shore Development Plan.

Charles Hsynes
West Vancouver

Only developers benefit from towers

Dear Editor:

Belonging to the Citizens Action
Group of Lower Lonsdale, I was
smitten by your editorial called A
good deal.

The weople who live here in
houses, townhouses and highrises
are losing their views.

The only people who benefit are
not the people who live here, but
the developers and merchants, and
a lot of them don’t live in the City
of North Vancowve:

~ You say careful siting of
highrises will allow a mixture of
highrises and low-income earners
to live here in a neighborhood by
keeping rental cost down.

Feature Special
LETTUCE

Fancy, romaine,
gteen & red leat,

The people do not want to live
in high-rise city; take a survey and
knock on a few doors. I did when I
delivered flyers and 95 per cent
said no highrises and five per cent.
said yes.

More kighrises ‘mean higher
taxes, more pollution, more gar-
bage crucks, more litter, more
traffic and more vandalism.

The developers build where they
can get the property, and we have
to sit back arid watch. We don’t
want to see a cement jungle like
the West End or West Vancouver,
where careful planning wasn’t
done and a real mess occurred.

N. Hunt
North Vancouver

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