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Originally Posted by twoNeurons
Nah... I don't think it would be useful even IF the Island gets a link. Practically speaking it would primarily benefit the upper Vancouver Island Area.
If you did a Powell River - Texada Island - Courtenay connection, the shortest span would be under 6km. Assuming you could direct all ship traffic under the 6km span closest to the mainland, you may be able to get away with a floating bridge from Texada to the Island. I really don't know how feasible it is to build a 12km floating bridge, though.
Anyhow, this would be used by traffic going to the North part of the Island, but few in Victoria. In short, a 2-lane bridge would suffice for the life of the bridge.
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The likely connection is to Campbell River via Cortes, Read and Quadra Islands. Three significantly shorter hops.
I don't have depth charts for these areas, but based on the shapes of the islands, I'd imagine they're much shallower than Howe Sound, so the spans might not have to be very large at all.