... I found this old post in the archives and I thought I would respond to it. ... Such an upgrade from the Port Mann Bridge eastwards has been long overdue as...
... should ... If the Port Mann bridge were twinned and the existing bridge became all one way, would the removal of the existing median barrier perhaps...
With the possible parralel (twin?) span for the Port Mann Bridge, I suggest to build also some direct ramps to the South Fraser Perimeter Road at the eastern...
... the ... Charge ... and ... that ... the ... Personally I think twinning the tunnel would be a bad idea. The problem is the soil conditions around the...
Speaking of Toronto expressways. The new Minister of Transportation was interviewed in this weekend's Thornhill Liberal. A few items of note: 1/ He expects...
Does anyone have any accurate figure on costs for severe winter on ministry of transportation budgets both fro maintenance (snow removal) and frost heaves,...
... We won't really know until the half-loads go off in May. Since they haven't even put them on yet, it's a little early to tell. Of course, freeze-thaw ...
Stephen M. Webb
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Mar 3, 2003 5:44 pm
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... with ... from ... term. Although a Downtown-TCH freeway would be nice, I agree that it won't be happening for a long time. Here's an idea for a possible...
... to the ... expressway ... but I ... will ... it may ... Well, since there's likely to be an election this year and the Tories are likely to either lose it...
... You have a logical question and I should perhaps refine the statement of my previous posting. The fifth lane would not have been added to the Port Mann...
... suggest ... at the ... Bridge in ... cantilivered ... northbound. ... traffic who ... Highway/BC7/Mary ... TCH-1 ... Unfortunately the eastern approaches...
... in ... proposed ... corridor ... won't ... Actually, the Grandview Cut is an approximate 2 km long rail corridor which extends eastwards from False Creek...
Hiho, Roadgeeks in the GTA, if this is of interest to you, you may want to check it out before the spring thaw, because I'm betting this won't be as-is much...
Unfortunately the eastern approaches of the TCH-1 to the Port Mann Bridge are situated too high on the escarpment (maybe 100 feet - rough estimate) and a...
... Bridge are situated too high on the escarpment (maybe 100 feet - rough estimate) and a direct connection to the proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road...
Sorry for the off-topic subject but since spring will arrive soon and pitholes appears in the roads (very frequent on Quebec highways). Jeffrey Anderson...
Thanks for the info, Andrew. I was headed up that way yesterday afternoon/evening, so I checked it out. ... Actually, it looked like the road had been built...
... A few potholes in Hamilton (noticed a recent one on the 403 this morning), but the big thing was watermain breaks -- two very significant ones on (under)...
Yesterday Toronto councillor Howard Moscoe got council to pass a resolution to look next month at tolling the Gardiner. It didn't appear in the papers (at...
the MTQ/Quebec Dot study currently a possibility to put a new interchange at St-Hyacinthe on A-20/TCH-20 at Pinard Street, just west of PQ137/235 interchange...
How do people feel about this? Inbound traffic being
charged...what do you think? Would the $ be used for
maintainence and possible new future freeways /...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the canroads group: Do you support the possibility of a Toronto congestion charge (toll) for incoming...
canroads@yahoogroups....
Mar 5, 2003 10:47 pm
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Prediction on Dino's question re toll usage: 1 -> maintenance of the Gardiner 2 -> transit 3 -> new freeways: Toronto does not plan to build any new freeways...
This charge would be acceptable if it was put towards a thorough Gardiner reconstruction project (say $150 million per year x 10 years = $1.5 billion; get the...
VANCOUVER (CP) - Like many mountain roads in British Columbia, it's breathtakingly spectacular. It's also notorious and deadly. The narrow and winding Kicking...
French article at http://www.cyberpresse.ca/politique/article/1,153,0,032003,217360.shtml the governments of Quebec and Canada annonced an agreement to...
Hiho, ... Well, I was there in the middle of the night, and it's not a lit road at that point, so if you were there in daylight I'd assume you got the better ...
... Ah, that would do it. The lots have been staked out as well, I don't know if you would have seen that. ... No, I didn't have my camera with me, so if...
Hiho, ... I'm thinking that the cost to retrofit tolling mechanisms onto the QEW, DVP, etc. and put the billing and collecting infrastructure into place (how...