April 11 Day of Action UPDATE
LIGHT RAIL FANS TO HIT THE HIGHWAY
Banner-making workshops
Abbotsford
Where: gather at UFV – Abbotsford campus, east lobby of building A, by the Roadrunner Cafe (bottom floor). If you get lost, contact Paul Gieselman at 604-703-3650.
When: Tuesday April 7, 7:00 pm
Vancouver workshop/party
Where: 1825 Charles St (@ Salsbury)
When: Thursday April 9, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Bring: Supplies will be provided. If you have your own banner material, that is of course welcome!
Our Day of Action is in the news!
Light rail fans to hit the highway – article by Jeff Nagel in the Surrey Leader (click here)
On April 11, from 11:00am to 1:00pm, we will make history, holding banners for two hours atop Highway 1 overpasses throughout the Lower Mainland, from Chilliwack in the east to Eagleridge Bluffs in West Vancouver, in support of passenger rail and in opposition to our government’s current single-minded Gateway agenda of road-building and 2nd-class transit for the South of Fraser.
*To sign up to take part in this important action, please send an email to railforthevalley@gmail.com*
We need to be very organized to pull this off, so
& let me know your overpass preference, as well as a contact telephone number.
*If you don’t have a banner, don’t let that stop you. We can provide you with one.*
Light rail fans to hit the highway – article by Jeff Nagel in the Surrey Leader (click here)
Instead of twinning the Port Mann Bridge, the province intends to tear it down and build an all-new 10-lane span.
UBC professor Patrick Condon estimates 200 kilometres of light rail can be built for the cost of rebuilding the Port Mann Bridge and widening Highway 1.
