Dear Editor
Many have heard that I am opposed to turning The Bear Lake Trail, in Sasquatch Park, into a road. I can send you a 28 page document full of reasons why this should not occur but for the moment wrap your mind around the following.
Our 2017 Community Wildfire Protection Plan strongly and repeatedly recommends that the community undertake FireSmart activities, especially along Rockwell Drive since this road is the primary evacuation route south. After 6 years there is only one spot where any such activity has occurred.
DoK’s website says every house should have an emergency kit and should contain enough food and water for at least 3 days, and up to one week per person. This fits well with the residents along Rockwell Drive who are annually or bi-annually cut off from the rest of the world for short periods of time.
DoK’s website supplies a link to the engineering report that looked at two alternative routes. They suggest one read the document. If you do you will find that they looked at 3 not just 2 routes. The 3rd identified unstable slopes and potential debris slides. In the November Rains the potential turned into active and the debris was deposited on the proposed evacuation route below.
As a final point, Sasquatch Park will be open for winter use as the District will be ploughing snow daily.
John Coles
Agassiz