A letter to our Squamish Council..."This and that"
To all Council members:
A couple of things for your ‘new’ Council:
- Regarding curbside
pick-ups of recycling etc. I am reading the latest Squamish Chief
Newspaper which has a ‘revised’ page outlining what will be picked up, on
what week, for 2019. I note that there is NO Kitchen waste/Garden waste
pickup scheduled at any time on a weekly basis. All are bi-weekly.
This is a regression from last year. This is, in
spite of recent correspondence between me and you. Last year we enjoyed (at
least) weekly pick-ups of Garden waste/ Kitchen waste for most of the
spring/summer months until the end of October. I made a request that
weekly pick-up might extend to November 30th. with the amendment
that June and July could be bi- weekly to off-set the cost. YOU HAVE NOT
LISTENED. Very sad!
- Regarding the dangerous,
ill-planned intersection at Lower Kintyre and The Boulevard, near the
roundabout:
This is becoming extremely dangerous. To get out of
Kintyre Drive to the Boulevard from 8:00 am to 9:00 am, it is becoming
impossible unless you actually break the law and force entry (in other words it
has become a “free for all”). With the present trend in development to the east,
the situation can only get worse. We need this intersection redesigned. We also
need a new access road to the University to reduce the bridge traffic and the
feeder traffic mentioned above. This could easily be done by putting a road (a
short road) from the Golf-Club to the new development just south of the Quest
University.
In addition to this, I would like to comment on your recent
statement in the media that you are not happy with the recycling behavior of
our citizens regarding recycling in the totes. You state that, because of this
laxed behavior, extra cost could be levied to the tax-payer to pay for these
lapses, You also mention fines. I say that you should levy the fines, even
heavy fines, before you raise the cost to the taxpayer. Do not be squeamish
about this! Why should I pay for other’s transgression when you can
remedy it in advance?
I would like your reassurance that you will act according on
this. I will await your reply (individually or collectively) before I expand
debate on this in our local media.
Respectfully, Dave Colwell, Kintyre Drive , Garibaldi
Highlands.
