The Editorial Board was having its regular coffee meeting this morning and reviewing various statements that have been repeated by our rookie mayor, Rick Green. One such repeated statement has been a soundbite regarding heavy rail traffic going through the "heart of our community".
If one reviews this rail line, we see that the alignment enters the Township of Langley along the outer edge of mostly agricultural lands with low-density housing and businesses in those areas, then along Hwy. 10/Glover Road where it finally enters the City of Langley. If one was to look at the "heart of our community" with regards to this heavy rail traffic, the greatest impact is in the heart of Langley City.
We wondered this morning what Mayor Peter Fassbender of the City of Langley thinks about Mayor Green's statements regarding his municipality? Is this a subtle way of Mayor Green suggesting that the age old debate of the City of Langley amalgamating with the Township progress? Does Mayor Green aspire to expand his kingdom? Just wondering.
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Who cares, he and tricky Ricky seem to be food industry buddies!
Peter's eyes probably roll out of his head at what this guy is doing. On the other hand Pete is now the best mayor in Langley.
I live in the Glen Valley area of the TOL and I can tell you that when I have to wait for one of those damn trains, whether on River road, or Glover or anywhere else, as far as I'm concerned its in "the heart of our community.
Incidently, where do you suppose "the heart of our community" actually is?
Horny Toad
HT: If you are talking in general terms we like the concept of a "community of communities" where our Langley is diverse and interesting, and each part brings a different perspective of history, agriculture, horse/equestrian lifestyle, urban chic lifestyle, etc.
I couldn't agree more with you.
BUT-you did suggest that Green had an alterior motive in saying "the heart of our community" so I thought that surely you, of all people, would probably know where that was. So...........
Incidently ,as my wife and I were driving through Langley tonight we were discussing TOL vs the railine in question and there in no question is is significantly more invasive on the TOL that Langley city.
The amalgamation comment was us being more facetious than anything else. But we do feel the rail has a great impact in the City of Langley with regards to compunded traffic delays and getting only worse. We think it would also be more difficult to find a "heart of our community" in the large area of the rail route through the rural areas.
Being a farmer, did you and your wife see the rail impact being greater because of some impact on livestock or farming, as opposed to vehicle traffic? Was that your case? Not setting you up for anything, just legit question. --The Ed.
While there is many more kilometers of rail line in the township, the impact that the trains have on Langley City vehicle traffic is brutal - especially during evening commutes. Back-ups on 200th street, Langley Bypass and Fraser Hwy can be massive at times and waiting for three traffic light changes after the train has left is not uncommon. Granted there are significant back-ups in TOL especially at roads intersecting Glover. However when you look at a map, every major route entering the city from the north is cut off by rail. For this reason one has to agree the impact on the city (or at least vehicle traffic in the city) is greater.
Now why would you ask 'Does Mayor Green aspire to expand his kingdom?'. I would think that should an amalgamation take place, we would see mayor Fassbender and council now overseeing the new, expanded Langley City!
Well anonymous, as someone said previously here on this blog, Mayor Peter Fassbender is now by far the most popular mayor in Langley. Depending on what happens, we may need a casino or two to bail the TOL out. We wonder where the TOL would fit into Langley City's new Master Plan? Would we become the "entertainment district" for voting this mayor in office, or a new landfill after all of our infrastructure caves in from all the zero-based budgets?
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