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Letter: A tunnel should link new Pattullo and Highway 1

Editor: Re: Construction to start on new Pattullo Bridge , Record I attended the Pattullo Bridge announcement (on Monday). Not a single person from Burnaby. No mayor or councillors.
Nathan Davidowicz
Pattullo Bridge
New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy speaks at a February announcement at Westminster Pier Park regarding the province's decision to build a replacement for the Pattullo Bridge. From left, Richard Walton, vice-chair of the mayors' council, Premier John Horgan and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claire Trevena were among the officials on hand for the announcement.NOW files

Editor:

Re: Construction to start on new Pattullo Bridge, Record

I attended the Pattullo Bridge announcement (on Monday).

Not a single person from Burnaby. No mayor or councillors.

The provincial staff don’t understand how important that bridge is for Burnaby.

Both Burnaby and New Westminster will suffer from additional traffic from the new, wider bridge where each lane of traffic can carry about 30% more traffic per hour than the old bridge.

The only solution is what was proposed when Highway 1 was constructed. A direct connector/link from Highway 1 to the new Pattullo Bridge from the Cariboo interchange via tunnel/road to McBride, then over the bridge.

It would be somewhat similar to the Cassiar connector that was built connecting to Second Narrows/Ironworkers bridge.

How long do we have to wait for the connector?

Nathan Davidowicz, Burnaby