Editor: We are residents from the Forest Grove community in Burnaby. We have been living in this area for over 18 years and enjoy the community until recently.
With the ongoing pipeline dispute, protesters building tents and “houses” along the driveway outside (the Burnaby Mountain) Kinder Morgan site is posing safety issues for both drivers and pedestrians.
We are not against the protests, but protesters should be protesting in daytime and not building all these tents and construction, staying overnight and causing inconvenience to residents in the community.
The area is looking like a dump now. We are really concerned this originally beautiful community is becoming a “tent city.” It is a big, negative impact on our daily lives.
We would like to ask, do the protesters have permits and/or the right to build all these buildings/tents/bike racks in the area?
We really hope that the City of Burnaby/police can look into this and have the area cleaned as soon as possible.
Yonie Cheung, Burnaby
