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Sep. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

BC Hydro Plans for Change from Massey Bridge Provincial Marching Orders

  Back to the south side of the Fraser River where the B.C. Hydro corporation, a crown agency is already…
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Aug. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Big Bridge Changes, Big Bridge Rethink?

  Vancouver Sun Image From CBC via Price Tags Editor Ken Ohrn is the notification that “four of the five members of…
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Aug. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

US National Climate Assessment Leaked to Press, Will it be Released?

The New York Times reports on a draft report from thirteen federal agencies that is not yet public. The news is…
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Jul. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Pressing That Pedestrian Button

As reported in the Boston Globe, more American cities are taking the attitude that their city traffic flows  well without the…
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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. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge and the Continual Sound of One Hand Clapping

  It’s not over until it’s over as the Mayor of Delta actually said that the overbuilt overpriced ten lane…
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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. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Tunnel Talk

It is no surprise that as soon as a potential pause was suggested for the Massey Bridge (now approaching 12…
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May. 31, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becoming Tunnelled Vision in New Provincial Alliance?

While the Mayor of Delta rues on CBC news that the unsustainable, overbuilt, multi-billion dollar Massey Bridge may not be constructed due…
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May. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Says Deeper Fraser River not needed, time to Twin the Tunnel, Nix the Massey Bridge?

The timing of this announcement after the Provincial election is puzzling.As reported in the Surrey Leader the Vancouver Fraser Port…
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May. 23, 2017 / jamesavbligh

The Power Broker, a very late and incomplete book review.

Having just finished reading The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, I was struck by how…
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May. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Provincial Government Versus Mayors Council-"Ethical Issues Chipped Away Credibility"

Rob Shaw’s article today in the Vancouver Sun does not pull any punches-and finally there is some truth-telling in the…
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May. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Election-Site C and LNG may be Done Deal-But Massey Tunnel Rethink/Reboot?

Some interesting comments from  CKNW’s Emily Lazatin who asked Helmut Pastrick the chief economist with Central 1 Credit Union about…
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May. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Sound of One Mayor Clapping Against Mayor's Council #CureCongestionGuide

In one of those puzzling moments, the Mayor of Delta has spoken out against the Mayor’s Council on Regional Transportation-which…

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