Delta mayor has hope for bridge

Delta Optimist

Mayor Lois Jackson remains hopeful the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project won’t be killed following what she describes as a productive meeting last Thursday with new Transportation Minister Claire Trevena.

Joined by CAO George Harvie and police Chief Neil Dubord, Jackson met Trevena in downtown Vancouver to discuss the $3.5-billion project. The six-term mayor said it was a good discussion about traffic congestion, transit improvements and traffic safety issues.

The Delta delegation provided a recently assembled large volume of third-party studies that outline the need for a new crossing and how the bridge is the most cost-effective and will have the least environmental impact. …

In a recent letter to the Optimist, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie noted his staff plan to meet with Trevena to present those alternatives.

“He (Brodie) seems to feel he has to continue to dig at Delta for unknown reasons. He’s got more people than we are that are affected and I just don’t understand his vociferous attitude toward us. It’s quite unbecoming, in my opinion,” Jackson added. …

Read Full Story