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Originally Posted by Pinion
And whatever happened to connecting the west end of 1st st to Marine west of Park Royal? I've been waiting for that for half a decade now it seems.
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That runs through the reserve, so good luck on that happening anytime soon. Have they even completed the Spirit Trail connection between the automall and the marina yet?
Traffic was INSANE again yesterday. Midday accident on Main Street near the 2nd narrows caused a ripple effect that backed Hwy 1 up to 15th again, and ever eastbound feeder route back to Lonsdale. It is Christmas time so traffic is bonkers in the afternoon, but it is a preview for 10 years from now. I live in Vancouver and work on the North Shore and it is pretty horrible trying to get home in the afternoon. My commute will luckily be shortened to about 100 feet in 6 months as both I and my office are moving into the same building (score!), but god help everyone else.
The District and the City of North Van need to put together some sort of committee to properly plan improvements (with MOTI) of the next 10 years. The money isn't there yet, but there still isn't much cooperation between the two municipalities. While a lot of the traffic is trying to get over the Ironworkers, a huge chunk is just trying to move east/west across the city. The Lynn Creek Hwy 1 bridge has to be made a priority along with the on/offramps and flyovers in the Lynnmour area. After that we need to start talking about replacing the Ironworkers AND getting better east/west Transit.
Although I grew up in West Van, and have been working there for the past 6 years, I don't think it is that bad outside of Park Royal/LGB at the afternoon rush. Better transit would help that, but the attitude in West Van would really need to change for that to take off.