Good news from the BC Government last week with the announcement that the new Evergreen Transit Line is going ahead.
This project shows that the provincial and federal plans to invest in infrastructure to generate economic recovery are on the right path. Construction is expected to start in 2010 and be completed in 2014.
The best news for the construction industry is the more than 8,000 direct and indirect jobs that will be a part of the Evergreen Line construction.
This is another example of why the current BC government is the right one to lead us through this economic turmoil.
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Thank you from the Coalition
15 years ago
Bet you a dime to a dollar that the NDP is against this. Why? Because:
ReplyDeleteit will create jobs
improve infrastructure
improve public transit
they didn't implement it
It appears that this government LIED to the voters of British Columbia about its ability to actually pay for the line.
ReplyDeleteNow that the Liberals have decided to institute the HST, they successfully blew a $57 million hole into what was already a tenuous budget for Translink no thanks to their hobbling Translink's ability to raise funds to pay for their toys.
Something has to give and the voters of the Tri-Cities get the short end of the stick.
Yeah. Great government.