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Thursday December 26, 2013
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Eye on the pie
Cougar Creek Elementary School Grade 1 teacher Kathy McLeod reacts before (and after, at right) getting a pie in the face during a Typhoon Haiyan fundraising event. The school raised $1,822.95 for the Canadian Red Cross and principal Kali Pinto agreed to shave his head.
No love lost for Port Mann tolls Poll finds drivers hate bridge fees even more after one year by Jeff Nagel A NEW poll has found Lower Mainland
motorists are more opposed to tolls on the
Port Mann Bridge now than they were a year ago, when the charge was first imposed. The Insights West online survey found 56 per cent are opposed to the toll, up from 45 per cent a year ago. And dissatisfaction with paying to use the Highway 1 crossing of the Fraser River is greatest among frequent users. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed who use the bridge once a week or more
oppose the toll, Insights West vice-president Mario Canseco said. “The issue of tolling remains contentious and opposition to the tolls has intensified,” he said. The poll comes as most bridge users face having to pay even more come next week. Half-price discounts for the first year end on Jan. 1, 2014 when the bulk of traffic using the bridge will begin paying the full $3 toll,
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instead of $1.50. The survey found 31 per cent of drivers will actively seek out a free alternative route in 2014 to avoid paying the toll, while 23 per cent said they would drive over the bridge less often. Of drivers who use the Port Mann at least weekly, 48 per cent said they will continue to use it as usual and just pay the toll.
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