During the public consultations I made a submission arguing against the building's design because of the glass facade's likely destructive impact on birds.
An article from the Dec. 12 T-C states: The company has made several revisions to the plans in response to concerns raised during consultation, including reducing the amount of glass facade to less than 50 per cent of the building, rotating the building to reduce the infringement of views of the Olympic Mountains, and reducing the size and density of the project.
Reducing the amount of glass sounds positive, but will it be sufficient to make a diffetence? Who knows? Disappointedly, no mention is made about any of the councillors being concerned about this issue. Perhaps Telus will be open to working with the birding community to include additional safeguards during final design and construction to maintain their 'lovers of cute animals' image.
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Ken Walker
