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Originally Posted by Tvisforme
It's a good point about looking for ways to cut costs, and running alongside or over the highway is perhaps one way to do that while avoiding excessive property acquisition. However, I still think that the IWM's impending replacement will require additional planning considerations. The bridge is reported to need replacement by the mid-2060s, and while that is forty years away, when you factor in the development time for both the transit crossing and the new bridge the timeframe tightens up. Translink planners are going to need to work in conjunction with the MoT to factor in possible routes for an IWM replacement. It would be a shame to miss a chance to fix issues with the current route - such as the S-bend on the North Vancouver side - because "SkyBridge 2" is in the way...
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Unfortunately the S-bend is deep fried (not just baked) into the political geography of the North Shore. Seymour Creek IR 2 explicitly shapes Highway 1 into its scoliosis routing (and it will shape any other Second Narrows crossings as well.)
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