Any Potential of Reviving the 10-lane George Massey bridge project remains inconclusive

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-bridge-replacement-ian-black-bc-conservatives 

Even if the tunnel crossing was expanded decades ago, there would still need to be a 21st century bridge in the area. 

Expect noise, vibration during upcoming Massey Tunnel replacement

 https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/expect-noise-vibration-during-upcoming-massey-tunnel-replacement-11436394 This B$ should have been done a few decades ago.

A 10 lane bridge with 2 bus lanes, 2 HOV lanes & 2 wide shoulder-emergency lanes, plus at least 3 general lanes each way, could have been a nice wide crossing. Some 12 lanes, including the 2 emergency lanes. Plus, a provision for at least 2 LRT tracks. 

Instead, it's a 3 lane each way tunnel with the 4th being a bus lane. No HOV lanes and no emergency lanes & especially, no train tube section. 

So, just like the YVR-Canada (embarrassment) Line, this new 8 lane tunnel will eventually require some major upgrades. 

Eventually, a YVR-Canada Line bridge or tunnel will have to be built so that someday, trains can go between the airport and the ferry terminal. Such a train crossing should be parallel to the new highway tunnel. A new train tunnel or bridge should have at least 3 tracks, 2 rapid bus lanes and 2 bike lanes and sidewalks. Then the bus lanes in the highway tunnel could become HOV lanes. 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta

BC continues a go-slow approach to the Massey tunnel replacement as fears of a price rise grow

 https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/bc-ndp-go-slow-approach-massey-tunnel-replacement-fears-of-price-rise-grow

This is the epitome of multigenerational BC transportation planning ineptness & B$! 

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/rob-shaw-ndps-massey-tunnel-quagmire-keeps-sinking-deeper-10646645

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement

The Richmond-Delta Tunnel

It was first called, the Deas Island Tunnel and then the George_Massey_Tunnel. Perhaps the new tunnel will be given a different name. This narrow tunnel has been a serious chokepoint for several decades. Apparently, there wasn't any proper big city planning, despite there being a ferry terminal & the Delta Port facilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement

Even the new tunnel will be symbolic or indicative of not having a train between the Delta ferry terminal and YVR. The new tunnel or crossing should have been built in 2 phases. 

First, the two 4 lane sections for general traffic & buses. Then, as port & truck traffic increases, a train & truck tunnel or bridge should be built. 

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/province-considering-filling-george-massey-tunnel-with-sand-8777369  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta

Cancelled 10-lane George Massey Bridge plan was designed to enable future new SkyTrain line

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-bridge-replacement-skytrain-option

The tunnel option should have still included an additional section for at least something like the Edmonton_LRT.

LRT, Semi-metro and Heavy Rail Rapid Transit...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Types , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Comparison_to_other_rail_transit_modes

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premetro 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-metro 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit 

Of course when Vancouver & the greater urban region became obsessed with keeping the roads & bridges narrow, it was as if there wasn't a proper concept of having express bus lanes & dedicated rapid bus lanes.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-funding-issues-impacts-traffic-congestion

The 1959 George_Massey_Tunnel should have opened with 3 lanes each way. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes. Then over the course of its first 2 decades, it could have become a 6 lane crossing with 2 bus & HOV lanes. 

By the 1980s, the inept 4 lane George_Massey_Tunnel should have had a parallel higher & wider bus & HOV tunnel consisting of at least another 4 lanes & at least 2 emergency lanes. Thus making it more capable as an eventual replacement to the old tunnel. Then by around 2000, there should have been a bike, truck & train bridge or tunnel as well. 

A George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement by 2030? The first phase of this really should have been started by the 1980s. Of course the new tunnel with 8 lanes & 2 bike lanes, won't have 2 truck lanes & there won't be 2 HOV lanes. Plus, in accordance with a perpetual congestive planning mentality, there is no provision for an extension of the Canada Line to Delta.

The new tunnel should not only have had 3 general lanes each way & 1 bus lane each way, there should be 1 truck lane each way as well. Plus, 2 wide emergency lanes which could eventually be repurpose for a north & southbound rapid bus transit corridor. That's because, even if there is ever a YVR-Canada-Line to the ferry terminal, it won't be open 24 hours.

Someday the YVR-Canada-Line should not only have 2.5 car trains, but an actual 5 car train consisting of five, 20m coaches. Selective_door_operation technology would make this possible. Of course it would have simply been much better to have designed all the stations to already be at least 100m, instead of the inept 50m. Unfortunately, backward BC thinking keeps getting in the way.

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/province-considering-filling-george-massey-tunnel-with-sand-8777369 Despite the old tunnels height restrictions, a slightly smaller version of the Road_Train could have been ideal for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train#Trailer_arrangements

Keeping the old tunnel as a freight corridor between Delta & Richmond would be of tremendous benefit. Delta has the Roberts_Bank_Superport & the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal.

Richmond has the Vancouver_International_Airport & the inept Canada_Line. 

Despite budget limits at the time, the Canada_Line should have been designed to eventually have 5 car trains & ultimately, 10 car trains. It should have been envisioned as a high capacity rail link between downtown Vancouver, YVR, Richmond & Delta. With an ultimate connection between the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal and the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal. 

For some reason Vancouver & BC never seemed to really take off in the 1980s like Calgary, Seattle & Perth. Indeed, while Vancouver seemed to continue on its sleepwalking path after Expo_86, Brisbane really started to boom after its World_Expo_88. 

Unlike SW BC, the Brisbane Airport & seaport are much closer to each other. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org If you are from Brisbane & visiting Vancouver, you will be shocked to see such a short airport train. Being from Vancouver, its difficult to grasp how Brisbane was able to build such nice long trains. This is something to be very proud of, as it can move a lot of people in both directions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_railway_station,_Brisbane This opened in 2001 & Vancouver's inept version had to be ready by 2010 with just 2 car trains. Yet, Brisbane designed their train to be high capacity capable as soon as it open for service. From a backwards BC perspective, it's amazing how Queensland is able to think & function on such a grand scale & to properly allocate the necessary funds. Who knows where so much of the funds went in BC? That's because not enough of it seems to have gone into the infrastructure. 

https:://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_International_Airport#Rapid_transit_(SkyTrain) 

Unfortunately, this is an embarrassment line because, that's not a 4 car train, its only two, 2 car trains on a single track. How can Vancouver ever rank as a proper city & metropolitan area, when the trains are so short & most of the bridges are so narrow?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YVR-Airport_station Why have a double track station allowing for at least 155m - 200m long trains? Do it the backwards BC way with only a single track & a 50m station. This isn't just an example of extreme cost-cutting. Its not properly designing crucial transportation infrastructure for eventual high capacity. Fortunately, most proper big urban areas are able to think & build big right from the start. Case in point is Queensland.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sir+Leo+Hielscher+Bridges,+Queensland,+Australia

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/Gateway_Bridge This 6 lane & then a 12 lane crossing was possible, because Queensland isn't under anything like the backwater BC restrictions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges This has the potential to still have 4 lanes each way. Plus, 1 bus lane & 1 HOV lane each way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane , https://www.portbris.com.au , 

https://www.portbris.com.au/portbris-2060

Unlike backwater BC, Queensland is able to properly think, plan, invest & build for the future. Queensland just isn't hindered by anything like the BC Mind Virus (BCMV).

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=YVR-Canada+Line This is almost the worlds shortest train, because it only has 2 cars.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=old+and+new+narrow+bridges 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

George Massey tunnel-new-replacement-contractor-selected

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-new-replacement-contractor-selected-bc 

This new 8 lane tunnel should be the first phase of a regional transportation crossing. There should be a followup YVR-ferry terminal link between Richmond and Delta, someday.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta

George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Massey_Tunnel#Replacement

https://www.highway99tunnel.ca/

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022TRAN0012-000176

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-new-replacement-bidding 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement

The new Highway 99 Tunnel with an eight-lane immersed tube tunnel.

 https://www.highway99tunnel.ca/

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022TRAN0012-000176

https://globalnews.ca/tag/massey-tunnel/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/steveston-interchange-george-massey-tunnel-vs.-bridge-richmond

https://globalnews.ca/news/9112754/massey-crossing-replacement-delay/

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects

The new 8 lane george-massey-tunnel...

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-immersed-business-case

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-replacement-conservative-party-federal-funding

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-station-renovations-omc-4-train-yard-federal-funding

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/eight-lane-tunnel-to-replace-existing-george-massey-tunnel-by-2030-b-c-transportation-ministry-1.5551732 Decades behind, as usual.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement

George Massey tunnel or bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-replacement-bridge  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement

george-massey-bridge tunnel-replacement-translink

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-bridge-replacement-translink


https://www.escapehere.com/inspiration/the-12-best-rooftop-bars-in-america/

George Massey tunnel replacement cost

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-tunnel-replacement-bridge-cost-march-2018


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-george-massey-bridge-replace-tunnel 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement

The Massey Tunnel replacement

http://urbanyvr.com/massey-tunnel-replacement-delta 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Massey+Tunnel+replacement

The Regional George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project

Of course someday, the Massey+Tunnel+replacement should have a regional rail crossing with extra bus or HOV lanes. 

While it's important to have a train to Coquitlam, it's also important to have a train to the Delta ferry terminal.

https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/2015/08/what-evergreen-line-will-do-to-bus.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Cities_(British_Columbia) 

https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/2015/08/amtrak-service-improvement-coming-to.html The New_Westminster_Rail_Bridge is a single track joke that shoud be replace with at least a 3, if not a 4 track bridge. https://cib-bic.ca/en/projects/trade-and-transport/new-westminster-rail-bridge/

Its pitiful that there is no rail bridge between Richmond and Delta to provide an efficient link between YVR and the ferry terminal. 

https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/search/label/Transportation Its very strange that there doesn't seem to a plan to link YVR with the 2 regional ferry terminals.

https://sfb.nathanpachal.com/search/label/Interurban%20Maps Its sad that instead of improving regional rail tranportaion during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, backwards BC went the other way. Then the 1980s Skytrain had stations that were barely more than half the length of a 152.4 m Montreal Metro station. The YVR Line opened in 2009 and wasn't even built with 80m stations, only enough level clearance for 50m stations.  

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Richmond+and+Delta