CBC News
Richmond city council will be asking the B.C. government to stop work on the George Massey Tunnel replacement until other options are looked at, including twinning the tunnel.
Council voted 8 to 1 on Monday night to call on Premier John Horgan to consider whether the tunnel, which opened to traffic in 1959, should be twinned rather than replaced with a new 10-lane bridge.
“We think there are other solutions,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
“The suggestion being made by Richmond is not just to upgrade the existing tunnel, but to add to it with another tunnel so it would be basically twinning the tunnel.” …