Re: South Island Transportation Strategy looks to reduce reliance on personal vehicles (Sept 28). It sounds like the provincial government plans to keep spending tens of millions of public dollars on highway expansion boondoggles in Greater Victoria, instead of immediately acting on their words about climate action and prioritizing public transit.

I took the time to read the South Island Transportation Strategy, and it states that the B次元官网网址淧rovince recognizes a growing need to fundamentally shift how people move around South Vancouver Island.B次元官网网址� It even cites the Capital Regional DistrictB次元官网网址檚 climate emergency declaration. But there is no commitment to change what provincial (and matching federal) funds are used for.

The truth of a governmentB次元官网网址檚 priorities is found in its budget. And the provincial governmentB次元官网网址檚 infrastructure spending in the CRD goes overwhelmingly to highway expansion.

We need a B次元官网网址渇undamental shiftB次元官网网址� of real dollars to public transit, walking and cycling. Empty words wonB次元官网网址檛 build the bus lanes and new transit depot we so desperately need.

Eric Doherty

Victoria