Ha, ha. Of course not.
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Sure it’s another multi-billion piece of transportation infrastructure that will involve tolls largely paid for by Metro Vancouverites and those on the Sunshine Coast (who should get ready for a speculative boom; it’s what we’re good at.)
But you won’t get a vote on this baby, even though it’s not in any regional plan and will have profound effects on land use and development.
Feeding Motordom is not something you put up to a vote. It’s just something that’s announced.
What a great way to ruin the Sunshine Coast.
And what about the link to Vancouver Island, via one Gulf Island ? Ideally with an oil pipeline below so we can ship oil from a Victoria or Nanaimo harbour and not only from Kitimat or Burnaby ?
A bridge to Sunshine Coast, perhaps via Bowen Island, and to Vancouver Island will be a logical extension of the too dense Lower Mainland and would indeed spur massive billion $ private investments and job growth that far too many MetroVancouver politicians – with tehir anti-everything attitude – seems to be uninterested in. Of course, as always, the First “Nations”, the Greens & Vancouver city council will find plenty of reason to oppose and drag it on for decades in the court system, leaving far too many natives and young Vancouverites under-employed.
Bravo for looking into it !
Correct! No votes required for highways, especially if they’re to be funded by tolls. However, even if this one has been the subject of numerous proposals over close to 100 years, this one remains the fantasy of local folklore, especially in Powell River. Nor would it be a “commuter route” except along the new highway itself, and it might not even replace the current ferry link from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale (Sunshine Coast). Wait and see!
Barring massive technological or economic change a bridge to the Sunshine Coast will not happen in our lifespan. Any reasonably direct span will be massive and ridiculously expensive. There is no possible way any sane business case could be made. This is a PR announcement only.