He says they are considering the move but haven't had serious discussions with other municipalities about moving

President of London Drugs says its employees are tired of waiting for action on the Massey tunnel replacement

London Drugs is considering moving its distribution and head office out of Richmond

RICHMOND (NEWS 1130) – London Drugs could be relocating its Richmond headquarters after learning there won’t be a quick resolution to traffic problems associated with the George Massey tunnel.

The major B.C. employer’s head office and distribution centres are located only a few blocks away from the tunnel’s entrance, south of Steveston Highway near No. 5 road. The provincial government released a report Monday from an independent review on the Massey Tunnel replacement, which found a 10-lane bridge was the ‘wrong project’ for the region. A plan to replace it won’t come until 2020.

.@LondonDrugs President and COO Clint Mahlman says one of #BC's largest employers may be forced to move headquarters out of #Richmond because workers -and customers- 'frustrated' by lack of action to ease traffic congestion by replacing or twinning the #Massey tunnel. #bcpoli — Marcella Bernardo (@Bernardo1130) December 20, 2018

President and Chief Operating Officer of London Drugs Clint Mahlman says his employees are tired of waiting for action.

“Our employees are extremely frustrated. They’ve shown an enormous amount of patience,” he says. “Unfortunately, the transit’s pretty poor out here, as well, but we’ve been working for years on things like flexible work environments, car pooling, off-hours work.”

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He says even while they were waiting on changes to the traffic, even their short-term solutions have been ignored.

“Allow us to deliver after hours and noise bylaws that prevent us from being able to transport goods and services outside of regular hours,” he says.

But moving out of Richmond isn’t ideal, he says.

“Our first and overwhelming choice is to remain here because of the distruption and our loyalty to Richmond,” Mahlman says. “However, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there’ll be any resolution soon, so we owe it to look at all alternatives at this point, and we’ve been communicating to the city of Richmond and also the provincial governments for years.”

He adds no serious discussions have been held with other municipal leaders, so it’s not clear which city might end up being their new home.