Rubber On Asphalt – The NDP’s Coward’s Way Out!
One just has to shake ones head in disbelief, as the NDP’s solution for Global Warming and Climate change is building more highways.
$2.65 billion (the amount of money the NDP are adding to the expansion of the Hwy.1) would build a deluxe Marpole to Chillwack regional railway, including a new rail bridge across the Fraser River. Such a regional railway would provide enough capacity that could be achieved by a six lane highway.
Premier Eby’s “rubber on asphalt” solutions are yesterday’s solutions and the NDP are nothing more than a yesterday’s politcal party.
So, when one pays the carbon tax, just remember the carbon tax is a mere placebo, to hide the NDP’s blacktop politics to win the next election.
Eby and the NDP has taken the coward’s way out.
More funding announced for Highway 1 widening work in Fraser Valley
Posted August 14, 2024
The B.C. government says new funding to widen and improve Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley will help ease traffic congestion thousands of people face every day.
The $2.65 billion has been approved for upgrades to the section of Highway 1 between Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 in Abbotsford. The province says this money is in addition to the $2.34 billion approved last fall, for work between 264th Street and Mount Lehman.
The province says major construction on the stretch between 264th Street and Mount Lehman will start this year, with the fourth major phase of work expected to wrap by in 2029.
Work on the segment between Mount Lehman and Highway 11 will start in 2026, with major construction expected to begin in 2026. This phase is set to finish in 2031.
“I know that many people in the Fraser Valley find travel increasingly difficult, given the traffic volume on Highway 1, and we’re working hard to address these concerns” said Minister of State for Infrastructure and Transit Dan Coulter.
“We’re focusing on improvements to the highway through widening to accommodate sustainable transportation and better, more accessible interchanges to make it easier and quicker for people to get where they need to go.”
In addition to upgrades, the province says overpasses at Peardonville Road, Bradner Road, and the CPKC rail overhead will eventually be rebuilt to accommodate height clearance for commercial trucks. This work on Highway 1 between 216th Street and Abbotsford is in addition to the rebuild of the Glover Road overpass, which is done.
Meanwhile, a new interchange is planned for the area of 232nd Street, 264th Street, Mount Lehman Road, and Highway 11.
The B.C. government says more than 80,000 drivers use Highway 1 between Langley and Abbotsford, and through the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, each day. Additionally, more than $65 billion in goods are transported along this corridor.
Lets see, your province’s largest transit operator is at a minimum, short $600 Million in operational funding each year, going forward and that financial gulf continues to grow because they can’t seem to put together a new funding formula. I found out that they have asked for help from the province of B.C. to assist Translink in doing just that. If Translink can’t act fast enough they will have no choice but to act themselves. Meaning that, Translink will have to massively cut back its services. Yet the NDP is allocating $2.65 Billion for a road project. Again the NDP showing their utter disdain for the concept of political optics. You have a provincial election coming right? Wow, if you ever wanted evidence that the NDP sometimes just doesn’t get how elections campaigns work, there you go!
I am rather stunned by this. Eby, is just completely out to lunch with the optics. We are supposed to reduce car/truck use, yet he is creating more road space.
It is to be expected, your autobahns and autos are more important in winning votes than forest fires and flooding.