Translink to give preview of new Pattullo Bridge

NEW WESTMINISTER (NEWS1130) - Translink is giving us a peek at what the new six-lane Pattullo Bridge will look like and there may be some big changes to access from the New Westminster side.

People in Surrey and New Westminster will get a look at plans for the revamped crossing over the Fraser River and Translink's preferred option for how it will be accessed. The real changes would be on the New Westminster side with Translink eyeing access from Front Street instead of Royal Avenue.

Translink's Ken Hardie tells The Province newspaper that the preferred option is about 100 metres upstream from the current bridge and there will be open houses to let the public give some input on September 14th and 21st.

Hardie says the new Pattullo Bridge could be open as early as 2015 and there has been no decision on whether it will be tolled.

The open houses will be September 14th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre at 13458-107A Avenue, Surrey, and September 21st from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Justice Institute at 715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster.