How the District of Sooke and the provincial NDP manoeuvre the latest housing dilemma should be interesting.

The new MLA for Sooke is an NDP member. Will this former District of Sooke council member stand up to his party, given that Sooke does not want to be forced to supply more housing? Will he represent residents or is he a party chess piece? Will the NDP continue to bully its municipal playmates into a checkmate?

The traffic SNAFUs are old news, but are not disappearing. The NDPB次元官网网址檚 work on the Sooke Slither has done little to address volume. Until there are meaningful measures to fix the Highway 14 traffic problems, a moratorium on development in Sooke should prevail. And contrary to Housing Minister Ravi KahlonB次元官网网址檚 comments about improved transit options, service has not improved.

Richmond-based developer Farrell Estates also wants to rezone a precious piece of SookeB次元官网网址檚 Broom Hill to build more homes. Most likely they wonB次元官网网址檛 be affordable, but they will sit on land much loved by hikers, mountain bikers and the same people who move here from far and wide, seeking B次元官网网址渘ature.B次元官网网址� Ironic isnB次元官网网址檛 it?

I wonder how Metchosin, Oak Bay and Central Saanich have managed to keep profligate development out of their lovely communities? Why does Sooke, farther from Victoria and served by one substandard road, have to be housing king?

Shannon Moneo

Sooke