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Originally Posted by 240glt
I wonder if a toll highway would be an option. Golden to Malakwa is about the same distance as Kamloops to Hope on the Coquihalla, Maybe the same approach could be taken. The Coquihalla cut the drive time between the interior and the coast in half. If a similar time savings and the benefits of better safety could be realized on that stretch of the TCH maybe it's a viable option to get it done faster
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IMO the western terminus of the tolled freeway, if ever built, should be near Balmoral. Yes, it will cross Shuswap Lake and completely bypass Sicamous and Salmon Arm.
That then brings out a problem:
(1) Won't the towns along TCH be opposed to such proposal? It's gonna bypass them, and you all know what has happened to those towns on Highway 1 where Coquihalla is an alternative.
(2) The terrain looks very formidable. Also, we have to be careful not to accidentally build into the national parks.
(3) Most importantly, aren't NDP opposed to tolls?? If they eliminated those on Port Mann and Golden Ears, I don't see why they will wanna toll the new freeway.
I don't wanna sound dismissive, but the stack against a tolled freeway is high.