‘Maximum destruction’

Dear Editor:

I am writing to ask that you help us to stop the construction of Highway 413. It will pave over our precious Greenbelt – an environmental disaster that will cost at least $10 billion from the public purse when there are so many other needs in our province.

The Ford government ignored its own consultants’ advice and chose the route of maximum destruction.

It will add over 17 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in the next 30 years and be detrimental to about 30 federally listed species at risk.

We don’t need more highways, we need to prioritize liveable cities and invest in clean, green and public transportation. Astounding to have lost the Greyhound bus lines all over the province, forcing us to use cars instead.

Carol McMullen,
Guelph