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Originally Posted by logicbomb
The counter-flow proposal makes no sense what-so-ever and isn't possible unless you really narrow the lanes and sacrifice safety.
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I suggest a bit of a correction. The key point here is the apparent FINAL announcement of an interchange at BC-91/72nd Ave. That matter over-rides everything else. Been critical for years.
Today, an apparent secondary matter under consideration is a counter-flow proposal for the AFB. Said matter does not require any change in the 6-lane configuration of the AFB currently extant. Just requires gates plus some additional lane expansion/barriers on either side of the AFB footprint. (akin to the current GMT set-up as well as the old Pitt River Bridges set-up)
The third secondary matter, apparently espoused by BC MoTI minister Todd Stone this afternoon, is shoe-horning a 7th lane onto the AFB bridge-deck/cross-section... for whatever bizarre reason. Just not logically/physically possible. Gotta say it... Todd was apparently "Stoned" with those comments.
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Originally Posted by logicbomb
Bear in mind that North Delta's Liberal MLA narrowly defeated the incumbent and the Libs got crushed in South Delta by Vicki Huntington.
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Brought up the matter in one of my initial post today herein:
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Make no mistake that this announcement also has some political overtones connected with same as well... as the riding mostly impacted - Delta North - is a very marginal BC Lib seat (BC NDP in 2005/2009).
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Would prefer to discuss in further detail in the BC Poli thread... but what the hey.
Again, as ya mentioned, Delta North BC Lib incumbent won the seat in 2013 by the skin of his teeth (after BC NDP wins in 2005/2009). In that political vein, the new 72nd Ave. interchange will positively impact Nordel residents utilizing both the 64th and 72nd Ave. interchanges. On top of that, White Rock/South Surrey residents will also be positively impacted. But that's it.
Residents in the riding of Delta South (Tsawwassen/Ladner) are as far removed from the 72nd Ave./BC-91 proposed interchange as are Van City residents in terms flow-through actual usage of same.
As an aside, the riding of Delta South (centre-right demographics) is represented by Ind. Vicki Huntington - former Delta councillor and a red tory. Her pops was former fed Tory MP Ron Huntington representing a north shore riding during the Mulroney gov't.
Vicki won in 2013 by a 48% - 37% margin. And she will win comfortably again in 2013 as I posted in the BC Poli thread. It's basically "Vicki's seat" as long as she wants it.
In that vein, the BC Libs, for whatever reason, believe that they can take it back in 2017. Just ain't gonna happen. Gotta admit though, my eye-brows have been raised when long-time former Delta Police chief Jim Cessford is aiming for the BC Lib nomination contesting same with current Delta councillor Ian Paton, who took top council spot in both Tsawwassen and Ladner during the 2014 Delta muni election. Good BC Lib recruiting but both of these guys are dreaming in technicolour in terms of ultimately winning the Delta South political prize in 2017.