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Liberals are calling for public feedback on a proposal to replace the existing ferry links between the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast and Powell River with a multibillion dollar network of roads and bridges.
A prime option would replace the existing Horseshoe Bay to Langdale ferry service with a $2 billion to $2.5 billion road and bridge crossing via the distinctive Anvil Island in Howe Sound. It would entail the construction of two 1.5 kilometre long suspension bridges, a major intersection on Highway 99 at Brunswick Point, a two lane highway across the north side of Anvil Island,van cleef necklace fake alhambra, and a 14 kilometre highway to link up with Port Mellon on the far side.
A similar road and bridge combination could supplant the existing ferry between Earl's Cove and Saltery Bay on the mid coast, crossing Nelson Island with lengthy suspension bridges on both sides. Price tag: $1.5 billion to $2 billion.
Also under consideration is a new 58 kilometre road link along Howe Sound,clover necklace replica van cleef, via Port Mellon to Squamish, priced at up to $2 billion or $35 million per kilometre. Projected cost is $2.5 billion to $3 billion and because of the roundabout routing and the lengthy travel time, neither ferry would be replaced.
By providing vehicle travellers with access to an undeveloped part of the coast, the latter option would be a throwback to the visionary road building of the provincial past. But are any of these options for the future? The road and bridge replacement for the Horseshoe Bay Langdale ferry would appear to be the most viable. By halving commuting time (including waiting time), it could transform the Sunshine Coast into more of a bedroom community for Metro Vancouver.
But with the current population of the coast hovering around 30,000, it would take a long time to pay back the $2 billion to $2.5 billion construction cost, even with the cash savings from eliminating the ferry subsidy.
The other possibilities discussed in the report are more speculative, including mentioned only in passing options of floating bridges and tunnels.
The responses from the online survey and the public meetings will feed into a process that includes a $250,000 technical study, due before the end of the year. Liberals would be prepared to commit much political capital to a multibillion dollar link to a riding, Powell River Sunshine Coast, held by the New Democratic Party Opposition.
"I've never heard as much talk about a fixed link as I have in the last four or five years," as three term NDP MLA Nicholas Simons said when the Liberals floated the idea earlier this year. Liberal challenger in the riding. He's Mathew Gordon Wilson, emphasis on the Gordon, for he is indeed the son of former MLA Gordon Wilson. Liberal, the Progressive Democratic Alliance and the NDP. advocate to the liquefied natural gas industry at $150,000 a year.
Wilson the younger, just 40, worked for the federal government as a transportation analyst and as a regional representative on the residential schools case. His official biography refers to his "multi generational perspective" on the political scene. His mother Elizabeth Kool, a former school trustee, and stepmother Judi Tyabji, a former MLA, both held public office as well.
When I spoke to him earlier this month, he said he has the "support of all my family" in seeking office and has "no illusions" about the rougher side of public life. But given how his family was put through the media wringer in the 1990s (you could look it up) I had to wonder if at least one relative did not first say: "Mat, what are you thinking?"
In any event, Wilson is the only declared candidate to make it through the approval process for a nomination meeting set for Nov. 12. New Democrat Simons, be it noted, won the riding last time by more than 5,000 votes. So no less than the proposed fixed link, Wilson would appear to be facing a steeply uphill fight. Thursday, at the Gleneagles Community Centre in West Vancouver. epaper,vca knock off necklace, Digital Access, Subscriber Rewards), please input your Print Newspaper subscription phone number and postal code.
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Liberals are calling for public feedback on a proposal to replace the existing ferry links between the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast and Powell River with a multibillion dollar network of roads and bridges.
A prime option would replace the existing Horseshoe Bay to Langdale ferry service with a $2 billion to $2.5 billion road and bridge crossing via the distinctive Anvil Island in Howe Sound. It would entail the construction of two 1.5 kilometre long suspension bridges, a major intersection on Highway 99 at Brunswick Point, a two lane highway across the north side of Anvil Island,van cleef necklace fake alhambra, and a 14 kilometre highway to link up with Port Mellon on the far side.
A similar road and bridge combination could supplant the existing ferry between Earl's Cove and Saltery Bay on the mid coast, crossing Nelson Island with lengthy suspension bridges on both sides. Price tag: $1.5 billion to $2 billion.
Also under consideration is a new 58 kilometre road link along Howe Sound,clover necklace replica van cleef, via Port Mellon to Squamish, priced at up to $2 billion or $35 million per kilometre. Projected cost is $2.5 billion to $3 billion and because of the roundabout routing and the lengthy travel time, neither ferry would be replaced.
By providing vehicle travellers with access to an undeveloped part of the coast, the latter option would be a throwback to the visionary road building of the provincial past. But are any of these options for the future? The road and bridge replacement for the Horseshoe Bay Langdale ferry would appear to be the most viable. By halving commuting time (including waiting time), it could transform the Sunshine Coast into more of a bedroom community for Metro Vancouver.
But with the current population of the coast hovering around 30,000, it would take a long time to pay back the $2 billion to $2.5 billion construction cost, even with the cash savings from eliminating the ferry subsidy.
The other possibilities discussed in the report are more speculative, including mentioned only in passing options of floating bridges and tunnels.
The responses from the online survey and the public meetings will feed into a process that includes a $250,000 technical study, due before the end of the year. Liberals would be prepared to commit much political capital to a multibillion dollar link to a riding, Powell River Sunshine Coast, held by the New Democratic Party Opposition.
"I've never heard as much talk about a fixed link as I have in the last four or five years," as three term NDP MLA Nicholas Simons said when the Liberals floated the idea earlier this year. Liberal challenger in the riding. He's Mathew Gordon Wilson, emphasis on the Gordon, for he is indeed the son of former MLA Gordon Wilson. Liberal, the Progressive Democratic Alliance and the NDP. advocate to the liquefied natural gas industry at $150,000 a year.
Wilson the younger, just 40, worked for the federal government as a transportation analyst and as a regional representative on the residential schools case. His official biography refers to his "multi generational perspective" on the political scene. His mother Elizabeth Kool, a former school trustee, and stepmother Judi Tyabji, a former MLA, both held public office as well.
When I spoke to him earlier this month, he said he has the "support of all my family" in seeking office and has "no illusions" about the rougher side of public life. But given how his family was put through the media wringer in the 1990s (you could look it up) I had to wonder if at least one relative did not first say: "Mat, what are you thinking?"
In any event, Wilson is the only declared candidate to make it through the approval process for a nomination meeting set for Nov. 12. New Democrat Simons, be it noted, won the riding last time by more than 5,000 votes. So no less than the proposed fixed link, Wilson would appear to be facing a steeply uphill fight. Thursday, at the Gleneagles Community Centre in West Vancouver. epaper,vca knock off necklace, Digital Access, Subscriber Rewards), please input your Print Newspaper subscription phone number and postal code.
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