Transit, housing at top of wish lists
Metrovalley Newspaper Group - Peace Arch News
January 29, 2009
By: Jeff Nagel
The Lower Mainland needs new rail transit lines and amenities ranging from better bike routes to theatres and teen centres.
And don't forget about housing.
Those are among the suggestions Black Press readers have advanced as part of the newspaper group's The Path Ahead project….
Dozens of responses have been posted on Black Press newspaper websites in advance of this week's federal budget, which unleashed billions of dollars in deficit spending to stimulate the economy.
Suggestions from Peace Arch News readers included subsidizing full-day day care, mortgage aid and expansions of libraries….
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