Transportation Minister Mary Polak has announced travelling across the new Port Mann bridge will be free for the first week it's open in December, and it's officially the widest bridge in the world. Hundreds of workers who helped build the new 10-lane crossing are gathered near the Surrey side for a barbecue and celebration. The bridge is not … [Read more...]
Richard Walton on Port Mann Bridge tolls
September 13, 2012 by
There have long been calls to not only toll the new Port Mann Bridge, but other structures across the region to make it fair and equitable."No way" says the Chair of the Translink Mayor's Council.Richard Walton is also North Vancouver District Mayor.He says tolling all structures "doesn't make any sense." "If the intent is to try and share the cost … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Province announces reduced tolls on Port Mann Bridge
September 12, 2012 by
The province has announced tolls on the new Port Mann Bridge will be slashed to one dollar and fifty cents for the first three months, starting in December. They'll go up to three dollars in the new year. However, should you register your vehicle by the end of February, that discount will stay in place through December, 2013. Jordan Bateman … [Read more...]
Port Mann toll amounts to be revealed
September 12, 2012 by
It looks like Transportation Minister Mary Polak will be announcing a reduction on the proposed three-dollar toll for the Port Mann Bridge. Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender says that's a plus for members of his city, "I'm very optimistic that we'll have some good news that will lessen the burden of the toll on the Port Mann Bridge and I'm looking … [Read more...]
New transportation minister stays put for now on Port Mann tolls
September 9, 2012 by
B.C.'s new transportation minister is making no promises when it comes to tolls on the new Port Mann Bridge. Mary Polak says we'll have to wait and see if the government goes ahead with its initial plan for one-way tolls of $ 3, or finds some way to lower the cost. "We have to work that out between ourselves and the ministry of finance. … [Read more...]
Final construction phases for Port Mann bridge
September 5, 2012 by
Construction is in its final stages for the new Port Mann bridge and its December opening. The Cape Horn interchange is changing dramatically. Officials have this to say to commuters: expect big changes this month as the final pieces are put together for the Cape Horn interchange. It's the busiest, if not most complicated interchange in BC, going … [Read more...]
Port Mann Rapid-Bus will go ahead
June 28, 2012 by
Mayors south of the Fraser have been told by BC's Transportation minister a rapid-bus will be crossing the new Port Mann Bridge when it opens. The bus had been put on hold after Translink ran into a 30-million dollar shortfall.But vice-chair of the Mayors' Council for Translink, Peter Fassbender, says the bus could be funded by any savings found in … [Read more...]
Thomas Mann Joins “Beautiful Creatures”
March 6, 2012 by
Thomas Mann ("Project X") is in negotiations to join Richard LaGravenese's adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's "Beautiful Creatures" at Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety. Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert play two star-crossed teens who uncover dark secrets about their families, their history and their town. Mann is in talks to play … [Read more...]
Repair work begins on Port Mann
February 16, 2012 by
It's still early but officials with the Port Mann Bridge project say they don't expect the timetable for completion of the bridge to be affected by last Friday's crane accident. Max Logan with the Port Mann-Highway One Improvement Project says they will begin, likely Thursday, to level the gantry. "At that point the repairs will take place so … [Read more...]
Port Mann construction still on standby
February 12, 2012 by
Construction on the Port Mann Bridge remains on standby as investigators try to determine what caused a large piece of concrete to plumet into the Fraser River Friday. Max Logan with the Port Mann/Highway One Project says work hasn't resumed as the investigation will likely take all weekend. At around 8:00am yesterday, a concrete bridge segment … [Read more...]
