{"id":4122,"date":"2012-06-18T20:01:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2012-06-18T21:21:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T04:21:30","slug":"telus-plans-for-coquihalla-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=4122","title":{"rendered":"Telus plans for Coquihalla Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubtread.com\/sforum\/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=48546&amp;SearchTerms=coquihalla,tower\">http:\/\/www.clubtread.com\/sforum\/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=48546&amp;SearchTerms=coquihalla,tower<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Telus has applied for approval to erect a 60 m Wireless Communications\u00a0Tower\u00a0within the boundaries of the Coquihalla\u00a0Summit Recreation Area. Although the Zopkios Reststop area could hardly be called &#8220;undisturbed&#8221;, adding additional non-recreational infrastructure can only detract from the significant visual and environmental values of the C.S.R.A.<br \/>\n<strong>This is a protected area.<\/strong> What were the Provincial objectives outlined in the Master Plan when this area was protected? The prime objective \u201cof the zone is to provide for a variety of easily accessible non-mechanized outdoor recreational opportunities in a\u00a0<strong>largely undisturbed natural environment<\/strong>\u201d. The Land Management Objectives were to \u201cmaintain existing park values and to eliminate incompatible resource uses and interests from the recreation area in preparation of Class &#8220;A&#8221; Park designation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Can we agree that in the light of this, the proposal to locate a 60 metre wireless communications\u00a0tower\u00a0within the boundaries of the C.S.R.A. is inappropriate. Please assist me in encouraging Telus to seek alternatives to locating their\u00a0tower\u00a0within the confines of this protected area.<\/p>\n<p>I strongly suspect that if we\u2019re not able to protect the best parts of our Park landscapes from development, we\u2019re certainly not going to be able to protect them anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>Some email contacts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Gwen O\u2019MAHONEY MLA &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gwen.o'mahony.mla@leg.bc.ca\">gwen.o&#8217;mahony.mla@leg.bc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nThe Fraser Valley Regional District &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@fvrd.bc.ca\">info@fvrd.bc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nThe Minister of Industry, (has the final say) The Honourable Christian Paradis &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:minister.industry@ic.gc.ca\">minister.industry@ic.gc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nMark Strahl MP &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mark.strahl@parl.gc.ca\">mark.strahl@parl.gc.ca<\/a><br \/>\nTerry Lake,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.clubtread.com\/sforum\/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=48546&amp;SearchTerms=coquihalla,tower Telus has applied for approval to erect a 60 m Wireless Communications\u00a0Tower\u00a0within the boundaries of the Coquihalla\u00a0Summit Recreation Area. Although the Zopkios Reststop area could hardly be called &#8220;undisturbed&#8221;, adding additional non-recreational infrastructure can only detract from the significant visual and environmental values of the C.S.R.A. This is a protected area. What were the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-telus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4129,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4122\/revisions\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}