BC Government has started consultations on two projects having major implications for transportation options in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and on the Sunshine Coast

By Rick Jelfs, Transport Action British Columbia

The BC Government has started consultations on two projects that have major implications for transportation options in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and on the Sunshine Coast.

1) Transport Minister Stone and regional representatives kicked off a public consultation process discussing potential transit service improvements in the Sea-to-Sky corridor from Whistler/Pemberton to the Lower Mainland. Some details are available in the news article at  http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/province-gets-behind-plan-to-expand-sea-to-sky-transit-1.2369970 . More information and an on-line survey are available at https://bctransit.com/seatosky .

2) The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure released a set of possible routings for fixed-link (highways and bridges) connections between Highway 99 and the Sunshine Coast, including Powell River. The links would replace existing Horseshoe Bay-Langdale and Earl’s Cove-Saltery Bay ferry services The proposals are all costed at $1.5 to 3.0 Billion plus. The news article at http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/possible-squamish-to-sunshine-coast-fixed-link-discussed-1.2368835 offers some more details on the proposals.