GET MOVING BC CALLS ON PROVINCE TO ACCELERATE TWINNING OF PORT MANN BRIDGE
Get Moving BC is calling on the Province to accelerate the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge following yesterday’s rapid bus announcement.Committing to a viable transit component for the Port Mann Bridge was the last piece in solving the traffic congestion puzzle. The rapid bus service will provide “reliable, fast, frequent bus service” between Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey and Langley, with connecting buses to Abbotsford and communities north of the Fraser River via the new Golden Ears Bridge.
“We’re really pleased the Premier clarified this aspect of the bridge twinning project,” said Get Moving BC Spokesperson Mike McBratney, a resident of Burnaby. “Now it’s time to complete the story and announce that they’ll fast track the entire bridge twinning project and help get Lower Mainlanders out of traffic gridlock sooner.”
McBratney says accelerating the Port Mann Bridge twinning project is an essential part of the transportation “catch up” process that’s currently underway in the Lower Mainland. The existing Port Mann Bridge is simply not capable of accommodating all the demands being placed upon it. McBratney says critics of the project have to accept the very simple fact that the Lower Mainland is desperately behind on all transportation fronts: roads, bridges and transit.
“Twinning the Port Mann Bridge is as essential to catching up with our transportation needs as the Evergreen Line, the Canada Line and light rail options for the Fraser Valley,” said McBratney. “We need all of them in a balanced transportation system, and we need to act quickly before we hit ‘Total Gridlock’ here in the Lower Mainland.”
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