Dear Editor
Since the new Port Mann Bridge opened with the new tolls, traffic has almost doubled in the area to avoid the toll. I don’t understand why the city doesn’t do like many other municipalities and not allow trucks in the left lane. This would certainly ease some of the traffic jams on Royal Avenue.
There are also the vehicles that come up Fourth Street and make a U turn on Fourth Avenue to enter Royal Avenue and avoid the lineup on Royal Avenue. This censor on Fourth Avenue should be adjusted so that it doesn’t slow the traffic flow so much, heading east towards the bridge. I reside on Leopold Place in New West, and it takes the residents in this area an extra 20 minutes to get home at this time because of the traffic going to Surrey.
On June 16, I asked a city representative on the Pattullo Bridge replacement project about issuing a placard of some sort to place on their windshield for the residents in this area that would allow us to make a left turn at some intersections. This would certainly be helpful for the displacement that we are taking.
Donald Pilon, New Westminster
