Removal of Burnaby parkland to allow organic waste facility fails to add up from any angle , readers say.
Re: Mayor Q&A: Burnaby plan to build waste facility on wetlands a 'tough decision' — but necessaryPer the published article figures "The facility would cost Burnaby $182 million to build, and then you would save the $3.6 million currently spent on organic waste process. And you could potentially make about $1.8 million ".The recovery of these costs appear to be somewhere above 50-plus years. 182/3.6=50.556.
It should be unthinkable to reverse a parkland dedication. The possibility of future dedications in no way justifies the un-doing of those already made. Council has a moral duty to respect the voice of Burnaby citizens. Burnaby has been only too happy to build warehouse after warehouse in the Big Bend area, with enormous surface parking lots. And now we are asked to believe the only solution to our dire climate emergency is to build on parkland of environmental significance. Council must respect Burnaby voters, reconsider this proposal, and find an alternative location for GROW that will not destroy such a valuable and rare natural area.
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