The Editor,
Re. “Thousands turn out for car-free day” (The Tri-City News.)
On Aug. 20, my wife and I took our granddaughter to Port Moody’s car-free day event. To get there, we rode the Evergreen Extension from Burquitlam Plaza.
We could not believe how loud the noise was going through the tunnel, both down and up. We were unable to hear so we gave up trying to talk.
I have no idea what the decibel reading is on this stretch of the line but, in the future, I would preplan and wear earplugs as I found it to be very uncomfortable.
People use this SkyTrain line daily to go to and from work, and from what I experienced, I believe many will have hearing problems in the future.
After what we paid for this extension, it is obvious that meeting noise safety levels is not as important as showing off works of art at each station.
Greg Stinson, Port Moody
