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Originally Posted by CanSpice

I'm a member of New Westminster's ACTBiPed committee and TransLink gave us a presentation about the upcoming remediation process last night. They're pretty much replacing the bridge deck. The asphalt is coming out, the concrete and rebar is coming out, and it's all being replaced. They showed pictures of current rebar that's rusted completely through. Honestly, if I didn't have to I'd never drive across it (the only reason I do is to get to Home Depot and I think I'll just go to the Coquitlam one from now on).

It is essentially a big bandage until the new bridge is in place. They were saying 2022/2023 for that, so roughly seven years.

Oh, and the bridge will remain open to bicycle and foot traffic the entire time. They're not doing any work on the sidewalk. They are going to put up a fence along the sidewalk for safety (although I don't know if this will only be when they're doing construction on the lane abutting the sidewalk or if it will be for the duration of the remediation project).

There's going to be advertising about this coming out soon, and they're strongly encouraging all traffic to avoid the Pattullo. They're still projecting traffic on the New West side to be a complete gong show, and that if you do decide to drive across the bridge, to add 30-40 minutes to your expected travel time.

Thanks for the post. So many people live here with blinders and.don't understand the issues related to bridges. And infrastructure in general.