Posted Oct 4, 2019, 2:42 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Victoria (formerly Port Moody, then Winnipeg)
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I realize they didn't choose the bored tunnel, which would be even LONGER of a delay to completion, but they did choose the immersed tunnel option, which will trigger the federal environmental certification process... which WILL take years.
It is just me, or did they intentionally do this to delay the construction (AND FINANCING) of this project to a future government mandate on purpose to APPEAR they are moving forward, when all they are doing is passing the buck?
If the 10-lane bridge solution had just been let to continue construction, it would be half-way done by now. But not under the community benefits agreement, and it certainly would be a "liberal-branded" project to the end. Can't have that, can we?
Either way, I don't care. I live in Victoria... but I *DO* care, because I like to think I have some pride in this crossing being the 'Gateway to British Columbia' for visiting Americans.
Or maybe that doesn't matter either and the Alex Fraser Bridge should be designated the "Main" entrance to the GVRD for visitors from the south.
See you all at the ribbon cutting in... 2025? nah... how does 2030 sound?
(p.s. build the damn interchanges to 21st century standards please)
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