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Originally Posted by awvan
I was under the impression that because of the Vancouver Charter the Province can't force the CoV to do anything they don't want to do. My guess is the Oak street bridge will be a bottleneck for the foreseeable future.
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I think you're right on.
In fact, Oak Street itself presents a dilemma. It is too built up to widen it, so it has to stay as is.
More broadly, getting from anywhere SOF to downtown presents a problem, because the city of Vancouver stands in the way. No, I'm not being sarcastic.
I mean that whether you focus on the principal arteries leading from SOF into Vancouver: Granville, Oak, Cambie, or Clark, there is the enormous task of figuring out how to handle the north-south traffic flow.
What can be done? Turn Cambie into an expressway? Not bloody likely. Clark Drive? It's already at capacity and cannot be widened. Ditto Granville.
I know this is out of the question for $$$ reasons, and because most people seem averse to them, but an underground expressway collecting traffic off HWY 99 and taking it up to central / downtown seems to be one solution (although it will never happen).
Most people would reject the idea anyway, and it's too expensive, but, as the song goes ...
"Somethin's gotta give, somethin's gotta give, somethin's gotta giiiiiiiive. *pop-pop-pop*"
But what? And how? I hope forum members can come up with ideas.