January 25, 2012 – Port Moody – Today, the Liberal government announced “pre-construction” work on the Evergreen Line.
 
“This announcement is more photo-op politics from the Liberals. The contractor for actually building the Evergreen Line hasn’t been chosen and the line will be finished at least two years later than the Liberals promised”, said Christine Clarke, the Municipal Affairs and Transit Critic for British Columbia’s Conservatives and the party’s candidate in the upcoming Port Moody-Coquitlam By-Election. “We’ve seen years of inaction – the Tri-Cities are tired of waiting.”
 
On October 1, 2010 former Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell said “I can tell you with a degree of confidence that you can take to the bank. The TransLink Evergreen Line is going to start in the spring of 2011, and it’s going to be there for people of the northeast sector of Metro Vancouver by 2014 when we open it up.”
 
“The Evergreen Line has been delayed due to Liberal mismanagement. These delays show that the Tri-Cities are not a priority for the Liberals. Not only will the project be two years late, but the gas tax the Liberals and Mayors cooked up will make life more expensive for everyone in the Lower Mainland. Instead of asking municipalities and TransLink to find savings of only 1% of their budgets to pay for their contribution to the project, the Liberals and the NDP supported a 2 cent per litre gas tax for everyone. A vote for the BC Conservatives in the Port Moody-Coquitlam by-election is a vote against the gas tax which will raise prices across our region,” said Clarke.

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