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Originally Posted by CanSpice
It's kind of weird that you say this, because the Golden Ears Bridge and Pitt River Bridge both opened in 2009. The Cassiar Tunnel was opened in 1992. The SFPR opened in 2013. The Port Mann opened in 2015. And those are just the major projects I can think of off the top of my head, it doesn't include other smaller improvements to the road network over the years.
Saying the road network was only updated four times in the last forty-five years is just plain wrong.
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Cassiar i meant with the 1993 figure; i knew it was early 90s. Port Mann opened in 2012 which is why i said 2012, i combined the SFPR with the Port Mann since they were the same project and opened within a year of each other; but i will separate them out. i did forget about the Golden Ears/Pitt River though.
i also didn't include the SeaBus in 1977. nor did i include all the smaller improvements in the bus network and there have been many of billions put into that. if we start in 1980, there have still been a lot more investment into the Transit System then road system; this covers the past 37yrs.
Roads --- 1986(Highway 91), 1992(Cassiar), 2009(Golden Ears), 2012(Port Mann), 2013(SFPR).
Transit --- 1986(Expo), 1990(Expo), 1994(Expo), 1995(WestCoast Express), 2000(millennium), 2004(millennium), 2009(Canada), 2016(Evergreen).
lets face it, we know Broadway is coming along probably ~2025 and we know the Massey Bridge will probably be cancelled. then there are the almost positive Surrey Line in ~2022. so that reasonably assures 2 more big investments into transit and we are fairly positive the one upcoming road improvement will be cancelled. then you could look at the 10 billion dollar mayors plan for transit and their nonexistent, constant blocking/tearing down of road infrastructure as proof of the future especially with the GreenDP since they seem to think small-time thinking mayors can make big time over-their-pay-grade decisions.