NEWS 1130 Worst Commute winner spends four hours on the road — on a good day!
Posted September 25, 2015 6:48 am.
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LAKE ERROCK (NEWS 1130) – This week’s winner of our Vancouver’s Worst Commute contest has a doozy of a drive – from Lake Errock east of Mission to Richmond and back every day!
Steve Araujo’s girlfriend nominated him, and it’s no wonder!
“It’s about two hours on a good day to three hours on a bad day — and the bridge was out last week in Dewdney! So I had to go around through Agassiz, into Chilliwack, back into Abbotsford, into Mission to get all the way back onto Highway 1 to come into Richmond. It was taking me over three hours.”
Even with that, there’s no way Steve would move closer to Richmond and his job of 20 years.
“The prices in Vancouver for a house are driving people out to the Valley. To be able to afford a house with property, you basically have to live [in the] Chillwack, Mission area — Lake Errock where I live. I love it out there. It’s great; the lake’s right there, it’s peaceful, it’s beautiful. I wouldn’t trade it for the world, but the commute in Vancouver is getting worse and worse as the years go on, and with the bridge being out last week, it was crazy.”
Steve picks up $500 from Jim Pattison Volkswagen Surrey, and is entered into a draw for a trip to Mexico from Transat Vacations.
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