Most of this is just politics - the playing of favorites. At least, with the provincial liberals, you got a guy in Kevin Falcon who had the guts to stick neck out and take charge and get the job done with the 10 Lane Port Man and Kicking Horse Canyon total revamp. Too many wussies in the No Development Party. They are so busy running around making statements, just like Federal Liberals, just like Obama and all his wonderful speeches. The squeezing traffic into Oak St is a red herring. Do you really think they'd design a bottle neck like that. If the opponents would just read the ACTUAL plans, they'd get the message! But no! They are the libtards with the typical blinders. They have the same thinking that the opponents had of the Port Mann, making silly claims that the west end in Coquitlam would be a disaster. Yeah right. Ya think?
Ratna Shrestha - 7 years ago
Massey tunnel is the worst bottleneck in lower mainland; the back ups sometimes extends all the way to Oak bridge chocking the flow of entire Oak bridge users. I get caught up in traffic more than 30 min forcing me to unnecessarily burn over $5 worth of gasoline everyday (although i don't have to cross the tunnel but exit at Steveston Hwy). Lower mainland needs at least 10 more bridges + skytrain connections. You cannot finance the lower mainland's infrastructure by general taxation; there is NO alternative to debt financing and raising tolls. The NDP govt.'s decision to suspend Massey tunnel replacement work and remove tolls from Portman are the worst decisions it could ever make. Vancouver already has one of the slowest traffic in North America; with the current trend, traffic chaos all over is what we are waiting to happen.
Hector diangkinaY - 7 years ago
Metro vancouver needs the bridge. The traffic in 99 which connects to us 5 is always awful.
Kit - 7 years ago
The manufacture of vehicles and roadways is a major infrastructure of the world economy.
The captains of these industries will have the people drive all day and night to maintain this robust manufacturing of vehicles and roadways.
This could help to explain the absence of studies that would show the reasons that the populace finds it necessary to travel such distances.
David - 7 years ago
There will never be another crossing under an NDP government. South Delta is a liberal riding and at the bottom of the list.
Herb Barbolet - 7 years ago
The tunnel replacement needs a mass transit option from the get go.
Sylvia - 7 years ago
Greater Vancouver needs to rethink their priorities when it comes to infrastructure. Not only do we desperately need a new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel, but we need better roadways, bridges and public transportation in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Delta, Surrey and Langley. It's ridiculous that Vancouver doesn't have a highway connected to downtown, they want to remove the viaduct and changed many of the roadways to favour bicycles instead of vehicles. We have already wasted years reviewing the best options to replace the tunnel, a decision was made and work was underway. I live south of the tunnel and started working commuting in 1974. When the Alex Fraser bridge was built, it alleviated much of the tunnel traffic and when skytrain was first built, the intention was to expand skytrain to Langley but it was only extended to the King George station. Future skytrain extensions consisted of adding the Millennium Line, Canada Line and Evergreen Line. On the day the Canada Line opened, it was at full capacity because all of the express busses to downtown were rerouted to the Bridgeport station. My commute to work increased as a result instead of decreased. It would have reduced my commute to redirect express busses to the King George station instead because the Canada Line doesn't stop at the Burrard station. As a result, the tunnel traffic increased rather than decreased. It's ridiculous to think that in my entire work life, the capacity through the tunnel has never increased as I believe that no solution will be in place before I retire.
Brian - 7 years ago
The bridge would only succeed in moving the traffic congestion from Deas Island to the Oak Street bridge. For the privilege of driving a few more Kim's before being bogged down in gridlock, the billion plus price tag was too high. You want to reduce traffic congestion? How about not mass importing a million people into Canada every few years, hand-out ten year visas, and mass import temporary foreign workers. The federal Liberals need to go!
My friend rather quite working the job located in Delta than spend 2 hours waiting to cross the aging Massy tunnel. Very sad.
Hey John . . . wake UP!!
Most of this is just politics - the playing of favorites. At least, with the provincial liberals, you got a guy in Kevin Falcon who had the guts to stick neck out and take charge and get the job done with the 10 Lane Port Man and Kicking Horse Canyon total revamp. Too many wussies in the No Development Party. They are so busy running around making statements, just like Federal Liberals, just like Obama and all his wonderful speeches. The squeezing traffic into Oak St is a red herring. Do you really think they'd design a bottle neck like that. If the opponents would just read the ACTUAL plans, they'd get the message! But no! They are the libtards with the typical blinders. They have the same thinking that the opponents had of the Port Mann, making silly claims that the west end in Coquitlam would be a disaster. Yeah right. Ya think?
Massey tunnel is the worst bottleneck in lower mainland; the back ups sometimes extends all the way to Oak bridge chocking the flow of entire Oak bridge users. I get caught up in traffic more than 30 min forcing me to unnecessarily burn over $5 worth of gasoline everyday (although i don't have to cross the tunnel but exit at Steveston Hwy). Lower mainland needs at least 10 more bridges + skytrain connections. You cannot finance the lower mainland's infrastructure by general taxation; there is NO alternative to debt financing and raising tolls. The NDP govt.'s decision to suspend Massey tunnel replacement work and remove tolls from Portman are the worst decisions it could ever make. Vancouver already has one of the slowest traffic in North America; with the current trend, traffic chaos all over is what we are waiting to happen.
Metro vancouver needs the bridge. The traffic in 99 which connects to us 5 is always awful.
The manufacture of vehicles and roadways is a major infrastructure of the world economy.
The captains of these industries will have the people drive all day and night to maintain this robust manufacturing of vehicles and roadways.
This could help to explain the absence of studies that would show the reasons that the populace finds it necessary to travel such distances.
There will never be another crossing under an NDP government. South Delta is a liberal riding and at the bottom of the list.
The tunnel replacement needs a mass transit option from the get go.
Greater Vancouver needs to rethink their priorities when it comes to infrastructure. Not only do we desperately need a new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel, but we need better roadways, bridges and public transportation in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Delta, Surrey and Langley. It's ridiculous that Vancouver doesn't have a highway connected to downtown, they want to remove the viaduct and changed many of the roadways to favour bicycles instead of vehicles. We have already wasted years reviewing the best options to replace the tunnel, a decision was made and work was underway. I live south of the tunnel and started working commuting in 1974. When the Alex Fraser bridge was built, it alleviated much of the tunnel traffic and when skytrain was first built, the intention was to expand skytrain to Langley but it was only extended to the King George station. Future skytrain extensions consisted of adding the Millennium Line, Canada Line and Evergreen Line. On the day the Canada Line opened, it was at full capacity because all of the express busses to downtown were rerouted to the Bridgeport station. My commute to work increased as a result instead of decreased. It would have reduced my commute to redirect express busses to the King George station instead because the Canada Line doesn't stop at the Burrard station. As a result, the tunnel traffic increased rather than decreased. It's ridiculous to think that in my entire work life, the capacity through the tunnel has never increased as I believe that no solution will be in place before I retire.
The bridge would only succeed in moving the traffic congestion from Deas Island to the Oak Street bridge. For the privilege of driving a few more Kim's before being bogged down in gridlock, the billion plus price tag was too high. You want to reduce traffic congestion? How about not mass importing a million people into Canada every few years, hand-out ten year visas, and mass import temporary foreign workers. The federal Liberals need to go!