Indo-Canadian Voice
BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon has doubled down on his pledge to cancel the approved Massey crossing project, keeping commuters stuck in traffic for an additional three years, said Richmond MLAs Aman Singh and Henry Yao on Thursday.
Speaking to Glacier Media, Falcon said he will scrap all work done to date on the tunnel project and go back to the BC Liberal plan to build a toll bridge.
“My hope is that I can become premier before it’s too far along so that we can stop it before they get any construction work done on the actual tunnelling, and we can get back to building a bridge overpass,” Falcon said. …
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie has said that any future delays on the project would be caused by Falcon’s decision to go backwards, “not the fault of the current government.”
“Kevin Falcon would delay a solution to this traffic by three years,” said Singh. “And he’s ignoring the consensus view in our community that the tunnel is the right project for our region. Building a tunnel addresses traffic while avoiding the negative impacts of a mega-bridge.” …