A group of demonstrators on Denman Island, B.C., have been blocking work on a BC Ferries terminal expansion on the northern Gulf Island.
The demonstrators say they are pushing back against BC Ferries' plans to cut down more than 140 trees to make room for the project, which includes building a new parking lot and re-aligning a nearby road.
"[We have] teams overnight, so we're here 24/7, and when we need a lot of numbers hopefully we'll have a lot of numbers," she said. "Things got a bit tense. We held back the truck with heavy equipment which we believe they’ve then uploaded somewhere on the island, but not here, so work couldn’t continue," she said.BC Ferries says it conducted community consultation on the project in 2017 and 2018, which identified public safety concerns related to the Denman Island ferry terminal, which connects the island to nearby Hornby Island.
"It’s unfortunate that the community is unable to reach consensus on this project and that one group’s views is creating further delays," said BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall in a statement Tuesday.Demonstrators claim that BC Ferries' plans proposed back in 2017 did not include cutting down the roughly 140 trees."There’s been a multitude of suggestions by people in the community of really good options on how to mitigate these lineups.
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