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07-14-2010, 12:37 AM
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| Highway 1 speed limit lowered from Langley to Vancouver for three years
Not good for people who commute on HWY 1... Quote:
METRO VANCOUVER - Drivers using Highway 1 over the next three years will have to slow down between Langley and Vancouver as the province lowers the speed limit along what is essentially a 37-km construction zone.
Starting Monday, the speed limit on Highway 1 will drop from 100 km/h in some sections to 80 km/h between 208th Street in Langley to Grandview Highway. From Grandview Highway to Cassiar, the speed limit will be 70 km/h.
The change in speed limits comes as the Gateway project construction ramps up to add more lanes to the highway and complete the new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge.
Between 120,000 and 130,000 people use the Port Mann Bridge daily.
Drivers who don’t comply with the new speed limits will face stiff penalties, since fines for speeding in a construction zone are significantly higher than those for a simple speeding ticket.
Fines for speeding in the construction zone will increase to $196 — from $138 now — for those doing up to 20 km over the speed limit or as high as $253, up from $196, for drivers going 21 to 40 km over the limit. Excessive speeders, those driving 40 km to 60 km over the speed limit, will face fines of $360 and $468, respectively.
“Essentially the whole corridor is an active construction zone so we’re changing it to 80 km/h the whole way through,” said Max Logan, spokesman for the Transportation Investment Corp., a public Crown corporation established by the province to oversee the Gateway project. “This is such a massive construction project that the construction zone happens to be longer … people just have to slow down; it shouldn’t affect the length of [their] commute.”
The new speeds, including a lowering of the limits between Langley’s 208th and 216th streets sometime next year, will be in effect for the duration of the $2.46-billion construction project. While the new tolled bridge is expected to open a year ahead of schedule in December 2012, the rest of the project likely won’t be finished until the end of 2013.
Logan said “we are making good progress” on the new bridge, which is being built next to the existing crossing over the Fraser River and is on time and on budget.
Two piers that will support the bridge cables are now visible and workers have started the process of putting the bridge deck sections in place at the south end. This will continue until about November, when workers will shift to the north end to start laying the deck segments, Logan said.-Work is also underway to expand various interchanges, including 152nd and 160th streets in Surrey to accommodate the widening of the highway.
Logan said efforts are being made to reduce delays on the route, but noted drivers will likely face detours as certain lanes are closed to widen the roads along the route.
The road between Grandview Highway and Cassiar, for instance, has narrow shoulders, which is why the speed limit has been reduced to 70 km/h.
Sgt. Dave Savoy, unit commander of the Port Mann Highway Patrol, said police have no plans to boost enforcement in the construction zone but they will be on the watch for speeders, especially at night when work is still going on. The reduced speed limits are needed, he added, “for the safety of the construction workers.”
Cpl. James Cheung, of the RCMP’s highway division, noted speeding is worse at night when traffic volumes are lower. As a result, speeders tend to drive even faster. “Heading westbound to the bridge, there’s a traffic jam 16 hours a day. It’s quite impossible to go over the speed limit [during the day],” he said. “There may be no construction workers actually working [at night] but it’s still dangerous to speed.”
When it opens, the new tolled Port Mann Bridge will accommodate rapid bus service, expanded cycling and pedestrian lanes and a possible light-rail line.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Highway+...#ixzz0tdzH4b9g | | 
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07-14-2010, 12:39 AM
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#2 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Understandable, for the safety of workers+drivers... but still a pain in the ass
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07-14-2010, 12:45 AM
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#3 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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I'm gonna be the first one to say that up until today I thought the entire GVA Highway 1 had a speed limit of 80 km/h.
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07-14-2010, 01:55 AM
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I thought it was always 90KPH.... and 80 during consrtuction?
Oh well, still good for high-speed runs at night...
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07-14-2010, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Shun Izaki  I thought it was always 90KPH.... and 80 during consrtuction?
Oh well, still good for high-speed runs at night... | Aren't there cops specifically out at night to nail people for speeding on the wider streets?
Like highway 1, lougheed, knight street etc..
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07-14-2010, 04:28 AM
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If a cop spots 4-5 cars going 20 km/hr over the speed limit, is the cop able to pull one of them over and give them a ticket?
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07-14-2010, 05:07 AM
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sure, why not?
Hell, depending on where he's positioned, he could wave them all down.
But chances are, he'll either get the first or the last.
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07-14-2010, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by iwantaskyline If a cop spots 4-5 cars going 20 km/hr over the speed limit, is the cop able to pull one of them over and give them a ticket? | yes, and the cop is not gonna care if the one that got pulled over whines about the other 4 cars going the same speed didn't get pulled over.
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07-14-2010, 07:14 AM
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its all good but please raised the speed limit to at least 100km/hr after project is completed
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07-14-2010, 08:03 AM
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Its not like this matters, during rush hour traffic is slow anyways. Just watch your speed in the evening.
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07-14-2010, 08:11 AM
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rush hour traffic is 5km/h ...
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07-14-2010, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by iwantaskyline If a cop spots 4-5 cars going 20 km/hr over the speed limit, is the cop able to pull one of them over and give them a ticket? | yes.. and they will choose some random import driven by young asian male.
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07-14-2010, 08:58 AM
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I like how he mentions that going 20km/h slower then usual will not effect the time of travel. Its like the rules of physics were just thrown out the window.  | |
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07-14-2010, 09:03 AM
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07-14-2010, 10:13 AM
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i thought it was always 90km/hr...didnt think it was 100km/hr till after the portman eastbound...
oh well...i think they should have 110km/hr from langley to Horseshoe bay!
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07-14-2010, 10:22 AM
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people generaly do 10-20 under the limit anyway  | |
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07-14-2010, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by OTG-ZR2 people generaly do 10-20 under the limit anyway | I hope you meant 'over' the limit.
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07-14-2010, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Culture_Vulture I hope you meant 'over' the limit. |  | |
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07-14-2010, 11:50 AM
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not gonna affect rush hour traffic, so no biggie in my books.
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07-14-2010, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Culverin Aren't there cops specifically out at night to nail people for speeding on the wider streets?
Like highway 1, lougheed, knight street etc.. | i ran hwy 1 alot during my awesome just post-highschool years... rarely got caught.... and the on time i did... air1 helicopter + 4 cruisers and a $600 3 page speeding ticket later?
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07-15-2010, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Shun Izaki air1 helicopter + 4 cruisers and a $600 3 page speeding ticket later?
yeah.... i slowed the fuck down now i'm aging | wow how fast were you going?
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07-15-2010, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Shun Izaki i ran hwy 1 alot during my awesome just post-highschool years... rarely got caught.... and the on time i did... air1 helicopter + 4 cruisers and a $600 3 page speeding ticket later?
yeah.... i slowed the fuck down now i'm aging | You should have imputed the call off all cops code Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-15-2010, 08:51 AM
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why the hell don't these losers in charge put electronic speed limit signs so they can change the speed limit back up to 90 or 100kph at night when there are no workers present and there are no obstacles on the hwy???
as said above it won't make a difference for rush hour but you can bet the cops are gonna be fishing at midnight.
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07-17-2010, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bloodmack I like how he mentions that going 20km/h slower then usual will not effect the time of travel. Its like the rules of physics were just thrown out the window. | He didn't.. hwy 1 is a parking lot all day, every day.
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07-18-2010, 01:07 AM
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nice idea to pay for the construction | |
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