Twenty plus years ago, River Road was a barely utilized corridor that fed into Hwy 99 south of the GMT. Today, it's heavily used as both a commuter and commercial route feeding into Hwy 99 from North Delta/Surrey.
Twenty years ago, one could drive through the GMT at 100 km+. Today one is lucky to achieve 60km/hr - 70 km/hr and that's in the left lane indicating that the LOS is decreasing over time.
Future traffic growth areas/considerations:
1. Van Isle ferry traffic;
2. Roberts Bank Superport expansion - Container truck traffic (which either heads EB on River Road or NB on Hwy 99)
3. Tsawwassen - another 442 sfh/townhouse units at Tsawwassen Golf Course; another 1,100 sfh/townhouse units on FN lands;
4. The South Surrey/Cloverdale areas are expected to have another 105,000 in population growth over the next 30 years;
5. Hwy 10 is a major feeder onto Hwy 99;
6. The SFPR, once completed, will become a major feeder route from Hwy 1 (and points in-between) onto Hwy 99;
7. At it's northern end, Hwy 91 and Bridgeport feed into Hwy 99 toward the OSB and that traffic also continues to grow;
8. The future Southern Fwy corridor will also divert Hwy 1 traffic onto Hwy 99;
Take all of these matters into account and circa 2025 - 2030 the H-99 project rebuild requirement becomes more apparent. BTW, both Richmond and Delta councils have been clamouring for years for capacity upgrades at the GMT.
Last edited by Stingray2004; Jul 21, 2010 at 5:33 PM.
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