The Mayor of Surrey isn't buying what Translink is selling when it comes to predictions of increased traffic over the Golden Ears bridge. Dianne Watts says tolls on the new Port Mann won't alter traffic numbers on the Golden Ears by much. This after Translink said toll revenues on the span have fallen short by almost $ 40 … [Read more...]
Confusion over Port Mann/Golder Ears integration
September 13, 2012 by
Golden Ears Bridge commuters are being told they'll have to get used to a new payment method - after the soon-to-be tolled Port Mann Bridge opens.There's confusion about when the two systems will be 'integrated.' The C.E.O. of the Transportation Investment Corporation says Golden Ears commuters will initially be able to use their transponders … [Read more...]
Stakeholders disappointed after Coast Guard concerns fall on deaf ears
June 26, 2012 by
The general manager of the Jericho Sailing Centre is wondering why the Fisheries minister bother to meet with stakeholders at all. Mike Cotter says not one of the stakeholders who met with Keith Ashfield were supportive of the closing of Kits Coast Guard base. He even says they left the meeting feeling optmistic the minister took their … [Read more...]
Golden Ears Bridge numbers up but not to specs
May 2, 2012 by
Translink has released the latest numbers on how many people use the Golden Ears Bridge. Traffic has gone up 12 percent during the first three months of 2012, compared to the same quarter last year. That's about a quarter of a million more crossings or about three quarters of a million more dollars in tolls. But the bridge still came in under … [Read more...]
Maple Ridge man takes nasty spill over Golden Ears falls
October 15, 2011 by
A Maple Ridge man has been taken to hospital after he fell down a waterfall in Golden Ears Park. Rick Lang with Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue says the man had been out hiking with a woman to the Viking Creek Lookout when he took a nasty slide. "Something had fallen over the falls and he went to retrieve it and took a slide off the … [Read more...]
