Threatened with Lawsuits and Playing Nice With the Neighbors
The Sea to Sky Highway project was a lightning rod for protests and meetings of concerned citizens. The Eagleridge protesters were concerned that their favorite backyard play ground was getting ruined and that the whole thing was a waste of tax payers dough. The local residents were worried about noise,dust, traffic changes and large scale blasting operations in their exclusive West Vancouver zip code. Along the way, a group of people who lived nearest to the blasting areas, threatened the contractor and government with a class action lawsuit for disturbances caused mostly by the blasting operations. The contractor sent a consultant to meet with several members of the group. He ended up talking in technical terms and further infuriated the residents that he met with. One of the big stumbling blocks for this fellow was that the people he was talking to, were accomplished, successful and smart businessmen. Having someone tell them to just never mind...was a bad move. Worried peopl...