{"id":2648,"date":"2012-10-04T12:49:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T20:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesgarbutt.com\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2012-10-04T12:49:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T20:49:44","slug":"city-of-new-westminster-pushes-for-better-bridge-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garbuttdumas.ca\/2012\/10\/04\/city-of-new-westminster-pushes-for-better-bridge-access\/","title":{"rendered":"City of New Westminster Pushes for Better Bridge Access."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2650\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Twinned Port Mann Bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.garbuttdumas.ca\/content\/uploads\/Twinned_Port_Mann_Bridge-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"126\" \/>New Westminster continues to push for a review of a better connection between the South Fraser Perimeter Road and the new Port Mann Bridge.<br \/>\nThe City of New Westminster is working with TransLink and Surrey on a review of the Pattullo Bridge project.<br \/>\nThe city is concerned that commuters, and especially truckdrivers, will take the Pattullo Bridge through New Westminster to avoid a longer route to get from the South Fraser to the new Port Mann Bridge.<br \/>\nWhile attending the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, several city officials had a chance to chat with Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak about the Pattullo Bridge and the city&#8217;s belief that a better connection needs to be built from the South Fraser Perimeter Road to the Port Mann Bridge.<br \/>\n&#8220;I found that Minster Polak was probably the most versed on this,&#8221; said Coun. Chuck Puchmayr. &#8220;She had done her research, she understood the file.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2649 alignright\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pattullo Bridge New Westminster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.garbuttdumas.ca\/content\/uploads\/250px-Patullobridge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><br \/>\nNew Westminster officials informed the minister that 70 to 85 per cent of traffic coming over the Pattullo Bridge has no business in New Westminster.<br \/>\n&#8220;Anything other than having a direct connection to the Port Mann Bridge would have a significant impact on New Westminster,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think she understands there is no capacity in New Westminster.&#8221;<br \/>\nAn Oct. 1 staff report to council said that the South Fraser Perimeter Road is a provincial inter-regional route for commercial vehicle movement and links key industrial and port activity areas located on the south side of the Fraser River. The city&#8217;s view is that TransLink&#8217;s current proposal to introduce a direct connection between South Fraser Perimeter Royal and the future Pattullo Bridge needs to be &#8220;reexamined&#8221; in collaboration with TransLink and the City of Surrey, and a direct ramp connection between South Fraser Perimeter Road and Highway 1 needs to be examined in more detail&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcityrecord.com\/news\/City+pushes+better+bridge+access\/7336353\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click Here for the Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Westminster continues to push for a review of a better connection between the South Fraser Perimeter Road and the new Port Mann Bridge. 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