[fredinno]

Originally Posted by cornholio

The new rail crossing wont be built in that area and it wont be a bridge. It will probably be a tunnel in the Coquitlam area closer to the Port man bridge. As for a new road bridge the plan has been for a long time to build a bridge from the Braid area to Surrey over the islands in the river, there are some that also want to expand and conect the islands to allow some sort of development. The problem with that is that i cant tell you that will never happen because of the importance of those islands to fish and birds, as far as fish go the area has a crap load of sturgeon and im sure they will be the species that will be used to stop any reclamation of the islands...i should know i often fish for them there.

Really the best thing to do is build a rail tunnel just west of the Portman bridge, build a new 6 lane vehicle bridge in the Braid area to Surrey and make the Patullo bridge 3 lanes(although like some have mentioned there is pretty steady traffic flow in both directions, but with a new bridge east of there it should be fine for a long time).

What new rail crossing?