We Must Send Our Message By Phone As Well

Dear Residents of Rocky Ridge and Royal Oak,

Thank you so much, to those of you that have done so, for sending your emails to Minister's Oulette's office and copying the various politicians. Hundreds of emails have bombarded their offices and they have taken notice of our issue. Usually for even a well publicized issue they only receive a few emails, however they now know this community is well-organized, standing together and strong and will oppose this closure until we receive some resolution. We are probably now at the most critical stage of the campaign and it is now imperative that we maintain the momentum and in fact step up the campaign. We now need to communicate the same message to them through a phone call campaign. This phone call should take at most 5 minutes.... Due to timing of provincial meetings on this issue, we need this message to be heard Monday (4 May), preferably in the morning.

The most effective approach for us will be to call Mr. Ouellette's office and for the community to voice their concern regarding this proposed closure. You can dial directly to 780-427-2080 or if you prefer, you can dial the toll free phone number 403-310-0000 after which, at the appropriate prompt, you can connect to the Minister of Transportation’s office by dialing 780-427-2080.
Because we are looking for consistency and a respectful tone of the message, we are asking that you state the following:

1. Opposition to the road closure for your own reasons;

2. You, representing your community, are asking Minister Ouellette to help us by directing his senior officials to engage the City of Calgary's Transportation engineers to bring forward a viable, cost effective solution that will permit the intersection to remain open. It is important to stress that we are not asking for a complete review of the design of the interchange. We just want all parties to act in good faith and give an honest attempt to find a win/win solution for the community, the City of Calgary, and the Province of Alberta.

Thank you so much everyone,

Sincerely,
Todd Phillips
Chairman
Rocky Ridge Road Closure Community Committee (R3C3)