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Originally Posted by Zassk
Well, again, I really have to ask: what are you gaining by building this route vs. the NFPR route? They are the same distance and connect to the same highway, but yours is many times more expensive.
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I had the impression that the NFPR improvements only went as far west as Highway One / Brunette and the rest of the NFPR was just easier access from New West / S.Burnaby to these NFPR improvements without adding more traffic lanes in New West / S.Burnaby.
With this tunnel connecting to the new Pattullo Bridge, the King George traffic doesn't get dumped on New West and then have to use McBride / Royal / Columbia / 6th Ave / 10th Ave local streets to get to where they actually want to go. The pass-through traffic can use the bridge & tunnel to get between Surrey and New West, S. Burnaby, N. Burnaby, Highway One, Gaglardi, SFU, E. Hastings, Lougheed Mall &tc. The people who actually want to stop in New West or S. Burnaby can take the appropriate exit, but the people who just want to get between somewhere on the north side of Highway One and somewhere in Surrey can stay in the express lanes.
I think the locals in this area would welcome having 50,000+ vehicles a day go 'some where else' other than on their local streets.