I’m writing about the Plan B for the Strathgartney bypass - in fact, I’m writing about any additional highways being built on PEI.
We have more than sufficient highways from lovely heritage roads to the Trans Canada. Many of these are in poor repair and many of them need repairs or alterations. It is easy to become insular (on an Island!) and lose objectivity, but one doesn’t have to travel far off PEI to recognize that our roads are safe; we do not have traffic problems. In addition, the Island is unique, a sanctuary, where many of us have chosen to live.
To what end do we wish to speed up, garner more debt, and “pave over paradise”? We are wired as human beings to want more, do more, have more but that doesn’t mean it is what’s best for our wellbeing, nor, is it necessarily progress.
There are agendas involved here that have nothing to do with real people whose lives will be disrupted and their little piece of natural tranquility damaged.
Please think of maintaining the roads we have, and protecting the beauty and peace that is ours and is so rare today.
And finally, our lucrative tourism is based on this.

Ruth Lacey
Resident, Appin Road, Bonshaw