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Aug. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge, Rapid Transit and "Fake News"

Back to the south side  of the Fraser River where positional information on the Massey Tunnel and Bridge appears daily.…
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Aug. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Eric Doherty's Look Back At Premier Barrett on Massey Tunnel Debacle

Planner and thinker Eric Doherty has written an opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun and provides a historical context on why…
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Jul. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Officially Asks Province not to bridge the Massey River gap

From the Daily Scot, Scot Bathgate informs us that the City of Richmond has officially asked the Province of B.C.…
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Jul. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Rethinks Massey Bridge Crossing, Delta Not So Much

It’s a new day but not in Delta where the City Manager and the Mayor continued their advocacy for a…
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Jul. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Bridge and the "Rotting" Tunnel Vision

  You would hope that the Vancouver region could work on a cohesive vision of accessibility and affordability that includes…
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Jul. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Crossing Tunnel Vision,Locals Speak Out about Bridging the Gap

There is now direct crossing controversy in Delta where the editor of the Delta Optimist has gone on record favouring the option…
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Jul. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Full Page Advertisement to "Get The Facts" on the New Massey Bridge

The game of “Whack a Mole” got a little more complex in Delta where the Corporation decided to take out…
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Jul. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Can Massey Tunnel "Bottleneck" be relieved by Short Sea Shipping?

  The CBC reports on a rather sensible potential solution to reducing traffic south of the Fraser River through “short sea…
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Jul. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Tunnel and "Catastrophic Implications of a Tunnel Failure"

One more time in the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, the Corporation of Delta is again letting people…
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Jul. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Revisiting Massey Bridge Issues A Year Later

  Work continues at the  Massey Tunnel where millions of dollars of preload and preconstruction work is progressing  for the…
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Jun. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

No Massey Bridge Rethink say Liberals

From south of the Fraser River the Delta Optimist reports that despite anything else  you may have heard,  the Provincial Liberal party…
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Jun. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

To Bridge or Not To Bridge the Massey Tunnel?

Ted Murphy  of the Delta Optimist ponders what is going to happen to those plans for the  George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project,…
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Jun. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Liberals Say Economy At Risk with Massey Tunnel Rethink

More hyperbole regarding the rethink of the Massey Bridge has emerged as reported in the Delta Optimist. The newly minted Delta…
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Jun. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond Mayor says Massey Bridge won't fix Congestion, Rethink Needed.

The Mayor of Richmond Malcolm Brodie in the Richmond News counters the conjecture and misinformation emerging post-election on the potential rethink of…

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