Login / RegisterChristy Clark announces plan to replace congested Massey Tunnel
PremierChristy Clark says the province is starting planning to replace the heavily used George Massey Tunnel.
The four-lane tunnel is part of a major commuter route across the Fraser River between Vancouver and communities like Surrey and White Rock.
A counter-flow system for the tunnel sees three lanes opened for commuters heading in the peak direction of travel at different times of day.
However, complaints continue to be raised about traffic congestion in the tunnel, which is used daily by more than 80,000 people.
The B.C. government has said it will start the planning and project-development process for the replacement of the tunnel, built in the late 1950s.
Clark made the announcement at the Union of B.C. Municipalities annual meeting in Victoria today (September 28), according to a news release from the province.
The province will also spend $207 million on a series of capital projects and an additional $509 million for Trans-Canada Highway improvements in the Interior, Clark announced.
I think the reality is that there is no "plan", and certainly no budget, to replace the tunnel. This is just on the wish list of a politician desperate to say warm and fuzzy things.
By the way, I have a "plan" to provide every adult in BC with a minimum annual income of $250,000, a new BMW, a house in Point Grey, and a condo in Whistler ... plus zero taxes.
Can I be premier now, please?
Great plan, Christy.
Cars, drivers and commuting will be way down when compared to, say, the half life projections of either the Massey or the Guiness's Old Bridge called the Lions Gate, when they were built?
What gives with this bullshit...outdo Texas in the sweepstakes of which jurisdiction can legally steal money to pour concrete and sit for the the fewest days as an elected politician?
First vote for the criminal that suggests 'change'.
Oh Wait...turn key Media puppet Obama already ki-boshed that reason to vote in a Western Democracy.
If Canadians do not stand up for themselves then we are headed 'straight' down the toilet like Europe..
Taxes and tolls will be the norm....
In Europe the governments are now feeding off the people, sucking them dry...it will happen here, unless people do something...
It starts with high fuel costs, sucking the life out of the economy, when that fund capacitates (new invented word) they will go after your pensions...
It happened in Europe, It will happen here...
Better learn to enjoy baked beans....
Miguel
At some point we need a review of all the expensive urban train transit infrastructure to see if it is indeed reducing vehicle traffic on the region's roadways. Are the region's homeowners and taxpayers receiving 'value' for their dollars?
If 80,000 vehicles use the Massey Tunnel daily is this lower or higher since building the Canada Line?
I don't think the world will end, I just think that if we allow government to do as they please with our money then eventually they will exhaust all avenues for revenue or 'ravenues' new word.
Sounds a lot like ravenous...
This notion of collection tolls for highways and bridges makes no sense, they are already collecting billions from fuel taxes...
One of the problems is the engineers, lawyers, and accountant belong to associations which will out cast them if they speak against the system. If a engineer reports that a bridge can be built better for less money he or she is censored...
The more expensive the project the more money the engineers and lawyers make.
This lack of concern for costs comes out of your pocket, your lifestyle, and your pension fund...
Luckily baked beans are pretty tasty....
Then I read intelligent comments from people who are completely fed up with the shit that they read everyday. It baffles me why no decent intelligent people are able to replace a clown like CC. F-off Clark. You're a monkey quit stealing the free snacks.
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