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The total allotted under the border infrastructure program is $211 million. This includes $121 million from B.C. and $90 million from Canada, $2 million of which is for TransLink for improvements to the Knight Street bridge.
The following is a breakdown of the 16 provincial projects. Totals do not include approximately $12 million for program contingencies.
1. Highway 91A Queensborough Bridge North Interchange Upgrade, New Westminster. Total funding: $33.2 million ($17.4 million from B.C. and $15.8 million from Canada). The objectives of the upgrade are to alleviate the existing safety and mobility deficiencies and to complement planned improvements on the North Fraser Perimeter Road. The interchange is the northern entrance of the Highway 91A and 91 corridors, part of the important trade corridor network.
2. Highway 91A and Howes Street interchange, New Westminster. Total funding: $24.8 million ($12.8 million from B.C., $12 million from Canada including $.4 million from anticipated third-party funding). This intersection in the Queensborough neighbourhood handles high traffic volume with a high proportion of commercial trucks. Traffic experiences significant delays. The project will construct a diamond interchange to facilitate uninterrupted traffic flows on the Highway 91A/91 freeway.
3. Highway 91 at 72nd Avenue Grade Separation, Delta. Total funding: $9.8 million ($5.2 million from B.C. and $4.6 million from Canada). This project is to elevate the northbound freeway in order to provide a grade separation for the southbound left-turn and westbound left-turn traffic, facilitating free traffic flow on the freeway.
4. Highway 10, Four-Laning from 122nd Street to 144th Street, Surrey. Total funding: $15.4 million ($9.3 million from B.C. and $6.1 million from Canada). The project is to widen the Highway 10/King George Highway intersection to add capacity and accommodate truck-turning movements. The two-lane sections from 122nd Street to 144th Street will be widened to four lanes, with access management. This highway provides the most direct connection to the B.C. ferry terminal, Vancouver International Airport, the Port of Vancouver, Delta Port, local industrial areas and high-volume U.S. border crossings.
5. Highway 10, Four-Laning from 144th Street to 152nd Street, Surrey. Total funding: $8.8 million ($5.9 million from B.C. and $2.9 million from Canada). This project is to widen Highway 10 to four lanes between 144th Street and 152nd Street in Surrey and improve major intersections and access management. This segment of the highway climbs from the Serpentine River Valley up on to Panorama Ridge in the westbound direction. The long grade reduces capacity for the high proportion of heavy trucks using the route. Serious congestion of vehicles occurs throughout the day on this narrow two-lane road.
6. Highway 10, Four-laning from 152nd Street to 172nd Street, Surrey. Total funding: $17.9 million ($10.2 million from B.C. and $7.7 million from Canada). The project is to widen this section of Highway 10 to four-lane expressway standards and widen or replace the two-lane Serpentine River Bridge. This section of road experiences congestion throughout the day. The posted speed limit is 80 km/h but traffic moves at 45-65 km/h. The accident rate is three times the provincial average. This segment is on the river floodplain and subject to periodic flooding.
7. Highway 15, Four-Laning from 32nd Avenue to Cloverdale Bypass, Surrey. Total funding: $20.7 million ($13.1 million from B.C. and $7.6 million from Canada). This project is to widen Highway 15 to four lanes between the existing four-lane segments that end at 32nd Street and connect to the four-lane Roger Pierlet overpass. Signals at the 40th Avenue intersection will be added when warranted. With fairly high traffic volumes and a high proportion of slower-moving commercial traffic, there is currently limited passing opportunity, leading to frequent traffic back-ups.
8. Highway 15, Four-Laning Roger Pierlet Railway Overpass Structure, Surrey. Total funding: $16.6 million ($8.9 million from B.C. and $7.7 million from Canada). The project is to build a parallel two-lane structure on the west side of the existing structure to provide for a continuous four-lane facility on Highway 15. Pedestrian and bicycle requirements will be met. The Pacific Border Crossing at the south end of Highway 15 is a major B.C. truck port between Canada and the U.S. It handles the highest commercial border-crossing traffic volume in B.C. and is the 4th busiest border crossing in Canada. The proposed improvements are needed to improve the safety, functionality and continuity of this important trade corridor.
9. Highway 15 at Highway 10 Intersection Upgrade, Surrey. Total funding: $4.02 million ($3.1 million from B.C. and $.92 million from Canada). The project is to widen the intersection to four lanes with turning lanes and proper channelling for heavy truck turning. The lack of capacity, turning lanes and the ability to channel traffic have adversely affected safe and efficient traffic operations.
10. Highway 15, Four-Laning from 55th Avenue to 59th Avenue, Surrey-Cloverdale. Total funding: $6.3 million ($4 million from B.C. and $2.3 million from Canada). This project will widen this curved section of Highway 15 to four lanes to complement the corridor-wide four-laning. It will also improve intersection “channelization” and access management. Currently, the skewed intersection with complicated turning movements and merging traffic, in combination with high traffic volume, causes confusion for drivers – especially truck drivers.
11. Highway 15, Four-Laning from 59th Avenue to 66th Avenue, Cloverdale. Total cost: $12.2 million ($9.5 million from B.C. and $2.7 million from Canada). This project will widen Highway 15 to four lanes from 59th to 66th Avenue, close or restrict municipal street intersections and upgrade 60th Avenue and 64th Avenue intersections. Currently, the 64th Avenue intersection experiences southbound queues of 500 metres during the evening rush hour.
12. Highway 15, Four-Laning from 66th Avenue to Fraser Highway, Surrey. Total funding: $4.9 million ($2.9 million from B.C. and $2 million from Canada). This project is to widen approximately 1.3 kilometres of Highway 15 to a four-lane cross-section and restrict or close accesses at several municipal intersections. This project, in conjunction with others in this program, will provide continuous four-laning from south of the 32nd Avenue intersection to the 88th Avenue intersection.
13. Highway 15 at Fraser Highway Intersection Upgrade, Surrey. Total funding: $3.8 million ($2 million from B.C. and $1.8 million from Canada). The project will widen the intersection to complement Highway 15 four-laning; channelization upgrades to facilitate truck-turning movements will be included.
14. Highway 15, Four-Laning from Fraser Highway to 88th Avenue, Surrey. Total funding: $11.5 million ($6.3 million from B.C. and $5.2 million from Canada). The project will widen Highway 15 from two to four lanes and include wider shoulders and median. Signals will be added at the 80th Avenue intersection. This project will necessitate the widening of two small bridges over the Serpentine River.
15. Highway 11 at Trans-Canada Highway Interchange Ramp Upgrade, Abbotsford. Total funding: $5 million ($2.6 million from B.C. and $2.4 million from Canada). This project will lengthen the eastbound off- and westbound on-ramps, which may require widening of the structure over the Southern Railway and BC Railway. The preferred option may include a half diamond in the north and a loop in the southwest quadrant or a flyover for the southbound to eastbound traffic. Currently, the ramps are too short and are troublesome for heavy commercial trucks.
16. Highway 11 at Vye Road Intersection Upgrade, Abbotsford. Total funding: $1.5 million ($.9 million from B.C. and $.6 million from Canada). This project is to improve the intersection by reducing interruptions caused by railroad operations and to improve safety. Key improvements include the widening of Highway 11 for a short distance north and south of Vye Road, construction of right-turn lanes on the northwest and southwest quadrants and the addition of left-turn bays in the east and west approaches. This intersection is located just two kilometres from the Huntingdon border crossing.
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