Dear Editor,

So TransLink, one of the most dishonest and unaccountable bureaucracies in the province, doesn鈥檛 want to reinstate the former interurban service.

So powerful is TransLink, so totalitarian in operation, that the regional mayors, the Minister of Transportation, and Premier John Horgan are deathly afraid of them and cower in the shadows.

Such power!

I must laugh when TransLink blusters and fumes why it doesn鈥檛 want a reinstated modern interurban service, such utter nonsense.

It doesn鈥檛 service key destinations? Really?

Is downtown Vancouver not a key destination?

Is North Delta/Surrey not a key destination?

Are Newton and Cloverdale not key destinations? Don鈥檛 tell the tens of thousands of people who live there.

Is KPU Tech in Cloverdale not a key destination? Please don鈥檛 tell the students.

Is downtown 91原创 not a key destination? I guess not.

Is Kwantlen Polytechnic University not a key destination?

Is Trinity Western University not a key destination?

Is the industrial area near 56th Avenue and 272nd Street not a key destination?

Is downtown Abbotsford not a key destination?

Is downtown Sardis not a key destination?

Is not Chilliwack a key destination?

What TransLink is really afraid of is optics, because for the same cost of SkyTrain to Fleetwood (approximately $1.64 billion) the region can build a deluxe, three-train-an-hour service from Vancouver to Chilliwack in each direction, providing a modern 21st century rail service using hydrogen electrical multiple units, or the highly successful TramTrain.

TransLink would rather build with the dated and now obsolete SkyTrain light metro, so land speculators and developers can build high-rise towers and condos for the provincial money-laundering crowd.

This begs the question: 鈥淚s TransLink building SkyTrain to benefit the public or criminal casino money launderers?鈥�

Over to you, Premier Horgan.

Malcolm Johnston, Rail for the Valley

Interurban best deal for transit through 91原创

SkyTrain believers don鈥檛 understand other possiblities

Poor design keeps SkyTrain as the poorer choice for Fraser Valley transit

Train truth missing in Painful Truth

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