Richmond - The Editor, Christy Clark has promised a new high level bridge to replace the George Massy Tunnel.While the bridge will likely resolve the traffic issue at No. 5 Road and Steveston Hwy.
Richmond - The Editor, Christy Clark has promised a new high level bridge to replace the George Massy Tunnel.While the bridge will likely resolve the traffic issue at No. 5 Road and Steveston Hwy., I agree with Mayor Malcolm Brodie that it will simply move the major traffic bottle neck somewhere else.There will be side effects of that solution, first and not by any means least, it will eat up a huge amount of the finest farmland in Richmond and Delta, making at least one important Richmond farm no longer viable to operate as a farm. We will never get that farmland back! Second, the removal of the tunnel will allow the tankers to slurp up the Fraser River Estuary with fuel for the airport, they will deliver that fuel to the new tank farm they will build on ALR land.Of course with the deeper channel, the coal barges can travel freely up the river.This will allow the coal to be shipped in huge quantities right up the best part of White Rock.Is there anyone out there that does not believe that coal dust presents a health hazard?This is not the only option. If the tunnel was twinned we could add rapid transit, put a park and ride in the south end and reduce traffic flow on the corridor with minimal impact on farmland.Of course, then the Panamax tankers could not use the Fraser River as a highway and the only farm that we would lose would be the tank farm.One has to ask is the bridge a road traffic issue or a river traffic issue?Scott StewartRichmond
