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Originally Posted by Tvisforme
What route would you follow? Where would you leave/resume the existing 7?
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1 of 2 ways:
1. Upgrade Golden Ears Way to an expressway, then extend it to Albion or Kanaka Creek via Cottonwood Dr. (which is designed quite wide for the low amount of traffic using it), then connect to Hwy 7. (This is the assumed route by Maple Ridge and MoT.)
The issue with Cottonwood Dr. is that it'd still require a demolition of a bunch of SFHs to make the corridor wide enough to allow both street home access and sufficient room for a 4-lane highway, or cutting into environmentally sensitive areas around Kanaka Creek.
2. Extend Haney Bypass by cutting into the cliff between the CP railway and the homes abutting the Fraser (similar to what was done with the SFPR in North Delta), divert Hwy 7 traffic at Maple Meadows towards Haney Bypass.
This would have greater environmental impacts, but would be a faster bypass route.
It may also destroy the Port Haney WCE station, depending on how many SFHs you're willing to sacrifice in exchange, or if you move the WCE station.