From the Daily Scot, Scot Bathgate informs us that the City of Richmond has officially asked the Province of B.C. to cancel the Massey Bridge project. As reported by the CBC the Mayor of Richmond is sure that no ten lane bridge is needed. Of course the Mayor of Delta is still talking about congestion and bottlenecks and the need for a bridge, using doomsday logic to scare users out of the tunnel.
Add in the Provincial Green Party and leader Andrew Weaver who has already stated that there probably won’t be a Massey Bridge as a priority.
Mix together, stir, watch this CBC video and place your bets for
-what will be constructed;
-how many lanes;
-and what timelines.
It’s a new day.
From what I heard Richmond voted on, they stated they wanted to add another tunnel or another form of car expansion. They should have asked to extend the Cad line or more public transit.
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I suppose they could always twin the Annacis Island bridge and avoid Richmond altogether. They’re already going to install a counterflow.
Maybe additional capacity would be considered.
Of course, [south] Delta probably wouldn’t be too happy about that.
As part of installing the counter flow lane on the Alex Fraser bridge, MoTI will reduce the speed limit there from 100 km/hr to 70 km/hr. Meanwhile, the tunnel is posted at 80 km/hr. Given their concerns over safety in the tunnel, perhaps Delta council will advocate for reducing the speed limit through the tunnel.