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| A once common site was common again with a large volume of container trucks rolling through the city today |
The flow of traffic through the downtown core was significantly increased on Monday, as container truck traffic returned along the busy corridor.
The route a familiar one from the past with the trucks and their loads running from the Civic Centre along McBride, down Second Avenue West and then along Park Avenue to the Container Terminal.
The transits through town began early in the work day and continued on with fairly steady pace through the day from both ends of the city entrances.
The local roads had been fairly quiet since the opening of the Ridley Island Connector Road in August, the truck only dedicated roadway from the DP World facility to Ridley Island and connections to Highway 16 had served to reduce the volume by a large volume since its opening.
The North Coast Review has put in a request seeking some background on the change for the traffic flow and for how long it's anticipated that the large fleet of container trucks will be rolling through the city once again.
Should we hear back, we'll share our findings.
The travel along the route is an occurrence of some note for the City of Prince Rupert. which has put forward a plan to reduce the travel lanes and change the parking options through a reconfiguration for portions of Second Avenue West.
It's a proposal that may require a second look as wall as the feedback from any number of local stakeholders, should large trucks still require travel along the Highway 16 corridor which runs from Scott Road to Wantage Road.
More notes on the Port of Prince Rupert can be explored through our archive page here.
Expect more of the same tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteBig corporations like dp and the port of pr should be funding a truck bypass through Wantage road to the port.
ReplyDeleteAgree! Great idea. It would not only keep big commercial traffic out of pedestrian areas but would also open up a lot of industrial land for development.
DeleteHas anyone at the City ever thought about this?
2nd Ave. is a BC highway. The suggestion that one entity fund a road to service their property is a little far fetched. Would it be a private road? They already built one.
ReplyDeleteShould commercial carriers have to build a bypass in all the communities from Prince Rupert to Cache Creek? The price of your groceries might go up.
That's the whole point! 2nd Ave would become City road so we could finally get bump out curbs, bike lanes, trees, etc. and then the bypass road would become the highway straight to the ferry.
DeleteSo, not a private road. Not suggesting the port pays for it. Not suggesting every town needs one.
But to create a whole bunch more developable industrial land, divert big truck traffic, create a safer and more walkable downtown core... what's not to like??
I look around the city at the overall condition and give it a failing grade. The money the city spends should be spent wisely. Five or six blocks of bike lane in very low on the priority list.
DeleteI give port industry a failing grade for not paying their fair share towards our roads
DeleteAnd while they're at the big corporations should give everybody a turkey for Xmas, gobble gobble.
ReplyDeleteTo anyone reading the comment above, please notice the textbook definition of a straw man argument.
DeleteIt's not a straw man argument. The City is no more likely to ask tax-paying "big corporations" to also pay for a road than the corporations are to give everyone a turkey. Neither are going to happen.
Deleteummmm ok you clearly missed the point. The Province should pay as it would be a highway
DeleteActually I was responding to the comment about how the "big corporations" should pay (second and third comments down). In any event, given the the huge infrastructure deficit there are more important things for the Province to contribute to than another access road to the port.
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