Dear Editor,
In Surrey, there are hundreds of self-employed truckers from various ethnic backgrounds. It appears that City by-law officers are targeting truckers when it comes to parking their trucks. We understand they’re not allowed to park in the neighbourhoods since when they start their trucks at 5am for work, the loud noise bothers the neighbours.
This is why many truckers purchase farm land, 5 acres or more, so they can park their trucks there. However, it seems now the by-laws state that they can only park one truck in their farm land and any other trucks will be towed. The township of Langley allows truckers to park 3 trucks per 5 acres of property, why can’t we follow suit and implement this solution. This will make these hardworking, honest, tax-paying workers’ lives easier.
I encourage all the teams running for municipal election to look into this and resolve this matter or at least let us know where they stand on this issue.
Sincerely,
Charan Gill
PICS CEO
