Flogging a Seahorse

Dear Editor:

"Retain the Downtown Core Area’s position as the Heart of the Region: The role of the working harbour as an essential part of Victoria’s economic base is enhanced through land use and development policies", according the the city's web site.

As the city attempts to balance the economic benefits of tourism and development with maintaining a 'working harbour', the residential developments conflcit with this objective with a long-lasting affect on property values, lifestyle and the environment.

Where working harbours such as Halifax maintain the Port's global competitiveness, while reserving new and redeveloped sites for marine industrial and marine commercial uses, when we consdier the sustainability of the Point Hope Shipyard and the limited benefit it brings to the local economy: Are we flogging a tired old seahorse?

There are clean industries such as high tech, that combined are a billion dollar a year generator, that possess no smells, dust and noise disturbances, and do not require an opening bridge to accommodate it's needs.

William Perry