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Commuters fear ‘a traffic hell’ Province urged to embark on toll reform soon
By Jeff Nagel And the heavier volumes affect local traffic on Annacis, because a If the Alex Fraser Bridge becomes growing number of drivers coming Metro Vancouver’s last free crossing from Richmond short cut around of the Fraser River as bridge tolls the main bridge line by taking the proliferate, Highway 91 drivers fear long Annacis off-ramp, they will face gridlock turning around on the beyond comprehension. island and then rejoining And some of them “I think I will need to Highway 91. won’t have a choice. She can’t imagine how Cloverdale mom buy a boat.” much worse it will get if Heather Bannah works as thousands of additional a lab assistant on Anna- Annacis Island drivers who normally cis Island – beneath the worker take Highway 99 and the bridge –and says there is Chris McCardle Massey Tunnel instead no other route that she switch to the Alex Fraser and hundreds of other to avoid paying tolls. Annacis workers could “Everyone’s going to use it,” she logically take. said, adding many other workers So Bannah wasn’t happy to hear Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s on Annacis who live in Surrey and Langley are also worried. announcement last month that the “I think I will need to buy a boat,” new bridge to replace the Massey added Surrey resident Chris McArTunnel will be tolled. “I groaned,” she said. “We’re proba- dle, who also works on Annacis. “Annacis Island is going to truly be bly looking at tripling the amount of traffic hell on Earth.” time to get across that bridge.” TransLink expects to charge tolls Bannah says Alex Fraser traffic got much worse after the Port Mann See TRUCKERS / Page 7 Bridge was tolled.
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Heather Bannah and her son Bruce, 3, beneath the Alex Fraser bridge in Delta. Bannah expects long delays on the Alex Fraser once the Massey Bridge is built.
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By Jennifer Lang After worshipping in school gyms for more than 20 years, a grateful and excited congregation started 2016 in a new church of its very own. The New Hope Community Church at 18625 Fraser Highway in Clayton Heights is on a