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WIN! New Westminster freeway connector blocked

Council of Canadians chapter activist Eric Doherty writes, “Freeway opponents have won the first round against a proposed freeway through New Westminster in British Columbia’s lower mainland. While community groups mainly focused on the negative local impacts, Council of Canadians chapters focused on the climate justice implications (see http://www.straight.com/article-358636/vancouver/eric-doherty-and-andrew-murray-translinks-freeway-push-must-be-stopped) of spending public money to expand freeways while neglecting transit.  After hundreds of people spoke out against this proposal, New Westminster City Council voted to reject the province’s plan (see http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/newwestminsternewsleader/news/112624119.html) to spend up to $175 million on just the first stage of the North Fraser Perimeter Road freeway in New Westminster. It is not known if the provincially-controlled TransLink will again attempt to force freeway expansion on New Westminster communities in 2011.”

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