Pamela Anderson urges Port Moody to axe plan for roadway through Bert Flinn Park
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:01:38 +0000
B.C.-born star and honorary PETA director Pamela Anderson is pleading with Port Moody city council not to build a roadway through Bert Flinn Park.
Port Moody officials have long discussed the possibility of a paved roadway through the park that would connect David Avenue and the Ioco lands, as a means of relieving traffic pressure and allowing for future development in the area.
In a letter shared Monday, Anderson asked Mayor Rob Vagramov and other councillors to consider the animals residing in the park, and how the issue in Port Moody reflected the “global struggle between unsustainable development and the ethical imperative to protect nature and its many inhabitants.”
“I love B.C. and will always consider it home. That’s why I was saddened to learn that the beautiful Bert Flinn Park – a safe haven for wildlife – is at risk. I’m writing to urge you to scrap plans for building any future road through the park,” Anderson wrote.
“Please consider the bears, coyotes, deer, frogs, birds, and other animals who call the park home. People in B.C. and around the world have become increasingly concerned about human expansion and deforestation, which kill and displace wild animals.”
The letter comes a day before a Port Moody council meeting at which city officials are expected to discuss the proposed David Avenue connector through Bert Flinn Park.