B.C. selects team to design Massey Tunnel replacement project

A squad has been selected to creation a caller eight-lane passageway to switch nan aging George Massey Tunnel nether nan Fraser River successful Metro Vancouver, pinch British Columbia’s transportation curate calling it a “huge step” for nan project.

Rob Fleming says nan action of nan preferred proponent for nan passageway project, Cross Fraser Partnership, intends creation plans tin now beryllium finalized.

A connection from Fleming’s ministry says nan proponent will build connected extended creation activity nan state has already completed, moving toward a last creation and building statement that considers nan risks and costs of nan monolithic project.

The ministry says nan caller toll-free passageway will person 3 general-purpose lanes and 1 dedicated lane for nationalist transit successful each direction.

It says nan caller passageway will besides characteristic a abstracted multi-use way for group walking, biking aliases utilizing different modes of proscription to make nan crossing.

Dan Coulter, nan curate of authorities for infrastructure and transit, says it will beryllium nan first clip astatine that location that group will beryllium capable to transverse nan stream by ft aliases bike.

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The state adds that biology appraisal is continuing alongside nan improvement of nan task design, pinch awesome building starting successful 2026.

The Cross Fraser squad includes Bouygues Construction Canada, Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Canada Ltd., Pomerleau BC and Arcadis Canada.

The task has agelong been a governmental clash point, pinch nan erstwhile BC Liberal authorities announcing successful 2013 that it would switch nan passageway pinch a 10-lane bridge.

But nan NDP cancelled that connection soon aft taking agency successful 2017, prompting a agelong conflict complete really nan task should proceed.