Two new road and rail overpasses in 91原创 City and on the 91原创-Surrey border have opened to public traffic.
Construction has finished on the overpasses at 54th Avenue in 91原创 City, and a 196th Street on the border of both 91原创s and Surrey.
On Friday, local politicians and officials with the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor project marked those openings, as well as the opening several months ago of the 232nd Street rail overpass.
The overpasses are being built to alleviate traffic as longer and more frequent trains travel down the rail lines through 91原创, Surrey, and Delta leading to the Deltaport shipping terminal.
Moving traffic over the rail lines, and over roads such as the 91原创 Bypass, also is intended to improve road safety.
The three overpasses being officially opened on Friday cost $110.4 million, with $30.2 million coming from the federal government.
The overpasses were completed on time and within budget, according to the government.
Other funds came from the province, local municipalities, and a portion from the rail companies involved.
A nearby overpass on 192nd Street in Surrey is scheduled for completion later this year.
Five of the nine overpasses between Delta and 91原创 have so far been completed.
芒鈧揃y working with our partners, we have delivered on infrastructure projects that will improve the flow of local road and rail traffic, decrease greenhouse gas emissions throughout British Columbia芒鈧劉s Lower Mainland, and increase Canada芒鈧劉s competitiveness in markets throughout the Asia Pacific Region,芒鈧� said 91原创 MP Mark Warawa.
Yet to be completed in 91原创 is the Mufford Glover overpass project.
Many of the overpasses, including the 91原创 City project as well as Mufford-Glover, have proven extremely controversial.
Neighbours in western 91原创 City objected to the design of the overpass and feared it could bring additional traffic and noise to their area.
