Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvements | Completed

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News1130 Exclusive: Port Mann Bridge to be tolled before completion
Slated to open by 2012
Dave White Aug 23, 2010 17:06:04 PM
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SURREY (NEWS1130) - Drivers who use the Port Mann Bridge will be paying a toll on the new crossing when it opens in 2012, even though it won't be completely open to traffic. Project planners say you'll still notice a significant reduction in traffic volume.

The bridge will be open to eight lanes of traffic late in 2012: three will be general purpose lanes and one HOV in each direction.
Its full capacity is 10 lanes, but the other two won't be open until a year later, the province's original projected opening date of December 2013.

Pam Ryan speaks for the $3 billion Port Mann/Highway One Improvement Project. She says eight lanes will be a major improvement over the five available right now. "The provincial tolling policy is really about tolling for a significantly improved infrastructure where there is a significant benefit. We know from some of the earlier consultation, undertaken with bridge users and they do support the principals of the toll."

The toll won't increase when the bridge fully opens in three years, but is expected to rise over time. The old orange bridge has to be removed by construction crews before the approaches for the new span can be completed.

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http://www.news1130.com/news/local/a...ore-completion

Thus proving the bull crap that was being spewed when they said the bridge would open a year earlier.