Only Time Will Toll

The Greater Vancouver Regional District have been sharpening their political chops this week. Earlier this week the board passed a resolution 'supporting' the Gateway Project, but declined to endorse the two most controversial pieces of Kevin Falcon's Lego set from Hell: the twinning of the Port Mann bridge and the widening of Highway 1 into Vancouver.

Yesterday, the GVRD board began consideration of a proposal to charge tolls on all major bridges in the Lower Mainland. This page soundly endorses the proposal, and any other measures that push Greater Vancouver's pampered motorists closer to paying the true cost of driving. There are measures to reduce the region's dependency on automobiles that could certainly use the money.