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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture
true they have. it doesn't matter though if they work with the mayors. they want NOTHING, not a compromise, but NOTHING. but one, the mayors don't give a crap about BC, they only give a crap about their 20sq kms. the mayors had the chance, they choose to write to the Federal government, to no avail. even the Feds said BC has followed the rules. when you are that far removed from reality there is no point in further working with them.
remember the mayors, Vancouver and others, have been against most projects even the Alex Fraser Bridge, the mayor of Vancouver was against it. then look at New West being against the Pattullo replacement with anything but the status quo. imagine if we didn't have the Alex Fraser Bridge or the 91 connector. the Mayors were against that. the mayors are out of touch that is why Vancouver spent 300k fighting the Kinder Morgan Pipeline which doesn't enter Vancouver and which is a Federal matter, not even a provincial one. the mayors cant be taken seriously on things like this. they have proven it over and over and over again. they just want transit. wah wah wah we want transit wah wah wah. that's all they ever say.
if this project is halted, what will happen is 5 years of consultations, design, and planning is thrown out. a new, worse plan is created, under the NDP it is 10x over budget like M-Line and Fast Ferries and we end up with something worse for much more money which took much longer to get. then in 50yrs we need to do it all over again because the 125yr lasting bridge was built as a 50yr bridge. the NDP has a history of shitty decisions. and the Greens, they just want anything pro environment anti real life.
the mayors cant even work amongst themselves, you really think they can work on a province wide scale?
so much consultation has happened on this thing. if you are against this and think most others are, then you are not seeing the whole picture. if you think it isn't necessary, then you haven't seen it in person.
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The mayors have even been against rapid transit projects that don't service their own community directly (Buranby being notorious for this especially). Also, if we listened to the mayors the Canada Line and the Evergreen Line would have been at grade LRTs...
So, with the BC Liberlas we got 2 fully grade separated transit lines, and new primary highway of modern safety / designed standards, along with a few other sizable projects (such as the Pitt River Bridge) over the last decade.
If we're up to the mayors we would have gotten 2 at grade LRTs and no highway improvements...
Seriously, the tunnels need to be replaced and the highway needs to be upgraded. Going back to the drawing board, doing nothing for another 5 or so years, and then building a new bridge and upgrades to the highway anyways (likely to a lower design standard than proposed now) will likely cost the same amount of money as just building what has been proposed now.
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