Vaughn Palmer: NDP hide the numbers needed to judge tunnel versus bridge

The New Democrats intend that the tunnel will be built under one of their project benefit agreements, favouring union labour and benefits. But they blacked out the percentage estimate for what that requirement will add to the cost of construction.Article contentThe business case does concede that “the delivery of the immersed tube tunnel has a greater risk profile than the bridge crossing.”

Having seen the unredacted versions of such reports in the past, I can attest that the material being withheld likely serves to protect the political interest of the government. Nor is the current cost estimate of the take-it-to-the-bank variety, given that the tunnel project is still a long way from final approval.Article content

“Tsawwassen First Nation has expressed a preference for a bridge solution over an immersed tube tunnel, citing greater environmental impacts to the Fraser River and fish habitats among other concerns,” says the ministry. “In response, the ministry has sought to focus discussions with the First Nation on potential long-term improvements to the river environment and fish habitat.

If they had just f’ing got on with it years ago they would have saved millions

Why the secrecy? 🤔what is the bcndp trying to hide? bcpoli

First nations and mayors did NOT want the tunnel, every mayor voted the bridge down. So, why are you lying, did the bc liberals give you a cut into the coal ships and oil tankers they’d allow in?

Oh BS they did Palmer, you opinion pieces are getting old, all you do is attack, what’s the going price for a BS story? You’re ruining all media. Shame

Great report. No surprise.

So how much SLR will there be 2050 folks? vanpoli

Complete fucking incompetence

Tunnel vs Canada line extension vs global Warming ALL projects esp large ones shld be assessed with NetZero by 2030/40/50 Expanding vehicle traffic doesn't cut it. It's shld be electric transit beyond the south Arm .VaughnPalmer bcpoli vanpoli Vancouver yvr

It’s very clear a tunnel is way worse than a bridge from a cost, traffic and environmental perspective- it’s politics over common sense! VaughnPalmer KevinFalcon keithbaldrey PauloEastvan

A tunnel is an utterly absurd decision. High cost, high schedule, high risk, high environmental impact, zero increase incapacity. The only thing going for it in the eyes of the NDP is that it’s not the Liberals’ scheme, which would have been almost finished by now.

Giant gateway to the bottleneck at Oak,Granville,Cambie…

Waste of $$ either way

Of course they did. Cause a bridge would make way more sense…

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