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Originally Posted by retro_orange
Have you ever been across that bridge on foot? you would think it will collapse with the next big truck; its crumbling apart, full of cracks that flex and very rusty. It was not maintained as well as others. I have seen some old pics of the New West. side and it had some neat art deco style lanterns but theyre long gone and the concrete structure is in bad shape.
Plus if they convert it to a foot bridge, where would one go walking from/to? The New West side is nice but across is just a trailer park, home depot or a scrap yard on the Surrey side... not worth the investment unless Surrey plans on redeveloping the area.
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I actually have walked across that bridge before on foot.
My point was that the option to retrofit it has always been available, to replace a 4-lane bridge with yet another 4-lane bridge doesn't improve the traffic situation on either side.
If they're really going to build a new bridge that is effectively 6 lanes wide, but painted as 4, fine, that's a solution that can be solved at some point when different city councils can agree to expanding it. But it seems like not solving the rail traffic is going to be a missed opportunity.