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Originally Posted by jhausner
It doesn't reduce it to 900. It reduces it to 900 only for the stretch from Braid to East Columbia where the tunnel exits. After that, and into New West itself, the number is 2050. So ultimately New Westminster center would see about the same with all the options.
So hitting Patullo/New West center area:
Today = 1800
Option A = 2250
Option B = 2100
Option C = 2050
200 vehicle difference is not an unbelievable spread imho and these are just estimates after-all so prone to error.
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If they ran the traffic projections on my two options, the traffic through New West would be way lower. Congestion would pick up on the freeway. But with 500 million extra to spend, they could build a collector/distributer system through Burnaby.
The way that works is that there's two through lanes from Gaglardi to boundary, a barrier, and three general lanes + auxiallary lane from Gaglardi to Boundary. Thus if you want to exit at Gaglardi, Kengsington, or Willingdon, you exit onto the local system at a divergence between Brunette and Gaglardi. If you are going to Vancouver or beyond, you take the bypass lanes. No more Burnaby traffic slowing down the freeway!
Same deal in the other direction.
Not to sure I would trust the traffic projections as they certainly didn't pick up the congestion that moved from the Port Mann to the Burnaby stretch instead.
Far better use of 500 million.
Before anyone asks, fairly sure it does in fact already fit.... :wink:
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