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Old Posted Feb 21, 2017, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Reecemartin View Post
With the lack of available width in most places to widen the highway, you'd think talks about rapid transit would be constant.
Government/Translink has been promising a 3rd seabus/10 minute sailings for the 11 years I've lived here and we still don't have it. Getting anything else is a pipe dream.

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Originally Posted by VancouverMark View Post
By the time construction is complete for this entire project, development and growth will have outpaced capacity. The various interchanges at the north end of the bridge have long been the choke points, but the bridge will finally become the new choke point. Bridge Deck at times.

Growth is near zero on the north shore due to West Van shrinking in population. But I agree it should've been more ambitious/future proof, and a third crossing needs to be part of the solution.