To the editor,
Re: Time to face facts regarding rail line, Letters, May 17.
I agree with the letter writer regarding multi-use trails like the Galloping Goose along the rail corridor. Thousands of Canadians travel to Europe on biking holidays. They could come to Vancouver Island instead. This type of trail would generate various businesses. With the advent of e-bikes, many many baby boomers are taking to the trails now. They are not the tenting type. They have money to spend and they would stay at hotels and eat at restaurants. Just think of the developments from Victoria to as far north as the corridor allows. Hotels, motels, outdoor restaurants and pickleball courts. It would benefit all the communities. And it would also attract bicyclists from other countries to come over here.
Let’s make Vancouver Island the best biking holiday destination in the world.
Gulzar Hallman, Nanaimo
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Island rail decision not a decisive blow
To the editor,
Re: Time to face facts regarding rail line, Letters, May 17.
The rest of the world is building modern railways to move its residents off the roads and away from short-haul flights. Some here want a trail built, yet it’s already there. Besides the active freight line in town, the whole corridor is a trail already. But not paved like the basically unused Parkway Trail and E&N Trail. Why wait, hike it now if you’re not all talk.
Neil Saunders, Nanaimo
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