- The Editor:
- Re: Be quiet! Port Coquitlam sets new noise limits amid hundreds of complaints (July 20, 2022)
- I am absolutely appalled at Port Coquitlam’s decision to not allow any garden tool noise after 7 p.m.
- It is obvious to me that no one making this decision has ever worked 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a one-and-a-half hour commute into Vancouver each way.
- To think that you arrive home at 5:45 p.m. and cannot even eat your dinner because your grass needs to be mowed and you must meet the 7 p.m. deadline is absurd!
- We have always taken incredible pride in our home’s lawn and gardens and to think that, on a beautiful summer evening when it stays light until 10 p.m., we cannot spend the time we want keeping it that way is appalling.
- What happened to PoCo Pride when the city spent years promoting homeowners beautification of their lawns and gardens?
- And where was the public consultation to make these changes?
- The amount of complaints they received versus the population of PoCo does not justify their reasoning.
- Needless to say, I am a disgusted taxpayer who has little faith in our current city council to make the right decisions where their citizens are concerned.
- - Caroline Wandell, Port Coquitlam
