Quiet weekend on Highway 1 despite numerous lane closures
Posted September 23, 2012 8:05 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It was a quiet weekend on Highway One despite a lot of lane closures.
Westbound at the Cape Horn Interchange was down to one lane for part of the weekend, but very few drivers were affected.
Max Logan with the Port Mann Highway One Project thinks everyone simply paid attention.
“We did as much as we could to tell drivers know that there would be a lot of work on the weekend and the potential for some major delays if they decided to take the Port Mann. Drivers heard the message and avoided the area and that meant that there were really no major traffic issues.”
Logan warns that next weekend will be even worse, with the highway down to a single lanes only both directions Saturday and Sunday as they demolish the old Cape Horn overpass.
“We’re hoping and encouraging people to do the same thing next weekend, because those lane closures will be in effect for the majority of the weekend and so there is some potential for some very long delays on the Port Mann Bridge and the Cape Horn Interchange.”
Work on the Cape Horn is the most comprehensive interchange work in BC history, with 15 new ramps in place when it’s all complete.
