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Tacoma. The Port of Vancouver is
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shipping customers tell us their busi-
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and we have every reason to believe
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room as early as 1995. We must ac-
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YOUR t PORT OF VAN COUVER

pro- trade of shipping companies will

choose another port of cali - and we
will not only lose potential business,

but also existing business. The port .

community has worked hard to mar-
ket our Port and deliver premiere
service to its customers, There ere
other ports who want their business.

~You may also ask, why does a

“container terminal Bave to be bo-
eated at Roberts Bank, in Delta? .

Roberts Bank is a strategic location

for transpacific shipping lines — it

offers a shorter sailing time to our
major trading partners in Asia com-
pared to the Ports of Seattle and

Tacoma. The land already exists with--

out need for, further dredging. And
the rail lines are in place, capable of

quickly ransportingontanereacross
the continent.

_ And what kind of benefits will
this Project create? Our proposed
facility would provide approximately
500 permanent jobs, And, while the
facility is being built, several hun-
dred construction jobs would be cre-
ated. Additionally, the facility will
add to local and provincial econo-

mies by generating tax revenues.

What aboat the Environment?
How will the proposal affect the

Marine habitat? Will it increase

our traffic problems?

‘These are ali valid questions. The _

Port’s Environment Appraisal Pro-
cedures are designed to ensure that

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the Eesvironmesitll Appkataal Pro.

. cedures for the proposed Project will

include input from the Frases River

Estuary Management Programas well .
as other federal, provincial and mu-

-- Ricipal agencies. ‘The processes ‘for...

each of these agencies hac been cocr-
dinatedto facilitate acomprehensive
review.

A key requirement is the prepani-
tionofan Environmental Assessment ‘.
Document (EAD) by a qualified, in- in-
dependent consulting firm.

on the container terminal roposal
wascompleted this summer and made
available for your review in Delta’s
major libraries. The next step in ihe -
procedure is for an independent
Project Review Panel to assess the
proposal, including hoiding formal
public meetings - now: scheduled for
mid-October.

The EAD reported that the overall
impact of our proposed project on the
environment will be minimal and
mitigable. To begin with, the new-

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‘queions suchas these ae fall

pectellto increase wafficon Highway a
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it hen arsine Sere
ning a new project to consult with
you and your municipality st every ~
- step in the process — through public :

information sessions, meetings with

as well as extensive project informa- a

tion programs, such as this newspa-
per profie,  -
P We would like you to understand

why the proposed container facility ° -
is an important choice that must be -

made‘ today. Your home Port, the -
Port of Vancouver depends on it. -