George Massey Tunnel Replacement | Proposed - Page 149

CanSpice · #**2961** Posted **Mar 19, 2018, 4:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Firebrand

Remember that the NDP has a habit of building infrastructure specifically to pander for votes. The Millennium Line is a perfect example of this. It was built through NDP ridings in Burnaby. Most of Surrey were—and still are—BC Liberal ridings. The Expo extension to Surrey in 1994 was only in the Surrey-Whalley district, which was NDP.

The Pattullo replacement downgrade is possibly due to its New West riding. New West has been NDP (with the exception of the 37th Parliament) since 1963. It doesn’t want to lose it like it lost Kamloops to the Liberals.

I'm not sure you actually know what you're talking about. "Most of surrey were--and still are--BC Liberal ridings" is wrong. Surrey has nine ridings, six NDP and three Liberal.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Pattullo replacement downgrade" either, because it hasn't been downgraded. The plan all along was to replace it with a four-lane bridge, when New West, Surrey, and TransLink agreed upon that a couple of years ago. The province is building exactly what those three parties want, there's no downgrade there anywhere. And New West is going to vote NDP regardless of the Pattullo, it's as safe an NDP riding as they get.

Firebrand · #**2962** Posted **Mar 19, 2018, 4:58 PM**

They could’ve replace it with a six-lane bridge, and fix that intersection on SFPR. It hasn’t always been proposed as four lanes.

Wait, this isn’t the Pattullo Bridge Replacement thread, this is the GMT replacement one. I don’t want to get too carried away here.

flipper316 · #**2963** Posted **May 2, 2018, 8:03 AM**

Wasn't the technical review supposed to be due out in spring? Technically they got till June 21 but it's pretty much summer now. Or is this another broken promise?

Metro-One · #**2964** Posted **May 2, 2018, 8:08 AM**

Dude, the entire project was essentially cancelled by the NDP.

They say they are waiting to see how traffic patterns even out, but provided no real context in regards to what (removing the tolls? Opening of the Alex Fraser counter flow? Sunbury Interchange project? Opening of the new Patullo Bridge???).

Essentially, when something does actually move forward on this corridor expect it to be greatly reduced in scope and probably double the price.

So pretty much making the same mistake as delaying the UBC Subway. A major project that the region will eventually need pushed back just to have the price tag grow.

cganuelas1995 · #**2965** Posted **May 24, 2018, 9:51 PM**

Is there a budget to build a gigantic set of middle fingers at both sides of the tunnel too?

http://www.delta-optimist.com/news/d...nel-1.23313324

flipper316 · #**2966** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 9:31 PM**

http://vancouversun.com/news/politic...-massey-tunnel

waves · #**2967** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 9:51 PM**

Well this is frustrating. Why don't we get to read the report...

cganuelas1995 · #**2968** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 9:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by flipper316

http://vancouversun.com/news/politic...-massey-tunnel

I kinda want an earthquake to wreck the tunnel so we can tell them "I told you so."

WarrenC12 · #**2969** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by cganuelas1995

I kinda want an earthquake to wreck the tunnel so we can tell them "I told you so."

Ya cool so that will kill a bunch of kids in schools so I can say the same thing to the BC Liberals.

Sheba · #**2970** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 10:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Ya cool so that will kill a bunch of kids in schools so I can say the same thing to the BC Liberals.

Nah we'll schedule the earthquake for the weekend.

Cypherus · #**2971** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by waves

Well this is frustrating. Why don't we get to read the report...

A provincial government that is not releasing critical results of a taxpayer funded study, suggests the conclusions of the report is not in the favor of the NDP's anti-Highway mantra.

cganuelas1995 · #**2972** Posted **Jun 8, 2018, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

Nah we'll schedule the earthquake for the weekend.

Just localize the earthquake.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**2973** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 12:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cypherus

A provincial government that is not releasing critical results of a taxpayer funded study, suggests the conclusions of the report is not in the favor of the NDP's anti-Highway mantra.

yup, if it was favourable to them they'd be publishing that thing ASAP, whereas if it is not what they wanted, i.e. in favour of the Liberals, they will sit on it as long as possible hoping people will forget.

Firebrand · #**2974** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 1:28 AM**

Political favouritism in a nutshell. You might as well let the soil liquify by throwing a tsunami at it, and the NDP will brush off its shoulders as if it was a housefly.

waves · #**2975** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 9:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cypherus

A provincial government that is not releasing critical results of a taxpayer funded study, suggests the conclusions of the report is not in the favor of the NDP's anti-Highway mantra.

She did say that she doesn't know what's in it but it does however sound like she suspects as much as you say. I guess I will wait patiently another 4 months...

Spork · #**2976** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 4:38 PM**

Wait. Didn't the BC Liberals hide the entire design and/or reports on the bridge for years?

s211 · #**2977** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 5:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by waves

She did say that she doesn't know what's in it but it does however sound like she suspects as much as you say.

Well, all reports have executive summaries, so I think we can safely assume a number of things at this point. If they're not instantly cheerleading the report, you'd have to assume it's not what they were looking for it to say.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**2978** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 5:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spork

Wait. Didn't the BC Liberals hide the entire design and/or reports on the bridge for years?

no, they did 5 years of consultations starting in 2012 to come up with options and designs and thousands of responses from the public.

libtard · #**2979** Posted **Jun 9, 2018, 8:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

no, they did 5 years of consultations starting in 2012 to come up with options and designs and thousands of responses from the public.

And the result was a fantastic designed bridge/Interchange project.... all for nothing

oy1234 · #**2980** Posted **Jun 10, 2018, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by waves

She did say that she doesn't know what's in it but it does however sound like she suspects as much as you say. I guess I will wait patiently another 4 months...

You shouldn't have to wait another four months. There is no reason that any reports paid for by tax dollars cannot be released the same day the government receives it. They don't need to comment on it and can simply say they need time to review it before any public comment. Taxpayers paid anywhere between $350,000 and $1 million for this report, it should be released.