To the editor,
Re: Sidewalks essential to make city more connected, Opinion, March 16.
This is a great reminder of the past to me. A south end neighbourhood plan from 2010 talked of new sidewalks on such streets lacking them. The angled street that runs from Needham up to Bayview Elementary School had a drawing of development in the draft. This has not happened. A community garden on a turn-around and sidewalks on both sides – not yet.
This is a school that many Indigenous and non-Indigenous children walk to every day, and the last 500 feet is a muddy path. Sidewalks need to be done. At least the path could be paved to be cheaper if sidewalks are too much to ask.
Neil Saunders, Nanaimo
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