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Originally Posted by makr3trkr
If a Sapperton bridge is built, that "temporary" traffic light at Old Yale could languish for 15+ years. If the Pattullo is replaced, that light will probably get fixed (due to the proximity).
re: "New 6-Lane Sapperton Bar Bridge is NOT recommended for further evaluation"
You only need to look to the Queeensborough or Knight Street to see we shouldn't be building four-lane highway bridges anymore.
Without any overflow capacity, minor accidents become huge traffic snarls. If there are two through lanes, the third add-drop lane at either side is critical.
I think even if they kept the Pattullo as a two-lane bridge, there is enough volume to warrant a 6-lane Sapperton Bar Bridge.
Sad to see Richmond is opposing Tree Island, too.
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Agreed 100%. Came here to say the same thing.
Spending all this money to only build a 4 lane choke point is ridiculous. I don't understand how that can even be proposed. 6 lanes or no lanes.
*also why the number one should have been designed to expand to 5 lanes + as projects like these will ultimately feed into it and use it as our networks backbone. The backbone always needs to be the networks strong point, if it fails then the whole network fails. my two cents.
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