The 性视界传媒 Board of Trade is extremely disappointed to hear that the province has ordered a suspension of the design work on the replacement of the 73-year-old Pattullo Bridge, while it reconsiders fixing it up instead of replacing it.
A report from Delcan Consulting in 2008, recommended against rehabilitating the existing structure, prompting former TransLink CEO, Tom Prendergast, to state, 鈥淥ur direction will be to build an entirely new bridge and tear the old one down.鈥
Prendergast further said it would cost as much to rehabilitate the Pattullo to last 50 years as it would to build a six-lane bridge to last 100 years. If that was true just over two years ago, how is it any different now?
This bridge is a key arterial connector in a region that is, and will continue, to, experience explosive growth with the obvious impact on road transportation and transit. It must be replaced 鈥 without delay.
For the sake of the economic integrity of this region, and the whole of the Lower Mainland, we urge the province to restart the design process and get on with replacing the bridge.
Anita Huberman, CEO
性视界传媒 Board of Trade