Editor,

If I am a pleasure boater who needs walker, wheelchair, motorize scooter, etc. and am coming to Langley to shop (that’s the point of all this), how do I get to the wharf from the floating dock where I have to tie-up? There is a ramp that is very steep at low tide, fairly steep at high tide and slippery when wet. Climbing that ramp with a walker will be difficult, with a wheelchair next to impossible, and a motorized scooter — no way. Trying to come back down that ramp with all the things I have purchased is a lawsuit waiting to happen (and it will).

The only way to get from the floating dock to the stationary wharf is a very long ramp that will reduce the angle enough to be wheelchair accessible, or build a lift. A design challenge at best with the distance from the dock to the wharf that changes with the tide.

How much is this ramp or lift going to cost the Langley taxpayer? What is the benefit to those taxpayers who will pay, but do not own a shop or store?

WARREN MCMENAMY

Langley