Highway One Improvements: North Vancouver / Ironworkers Memorial Approach | Completed

[Jimbo604]

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/new-signalized-ironworkers-on-ramp-switched-opens-4539743

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure switched on the new traffic signal at the combined Dollarton Highway/Main Street eastbound on-ramp Tuesday.

Commuters, especially those headed for the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing from the Main Street and Dollarton/Deep Cove areas, have reported even longer waits than usual to get on the bridge, but the system is still not fully online, said project manager Jay Porter.

"The signal is designed to have sensors to detect how long the back-ups are for each input and then give green or red lights accordingly.

“The signals were in an interim phase,” Porter said Thursday afternoon. “We have to complete a little bit more construction on the ramps in order to get the sensors hooked up and those lights adjusting to whatever the traffic conditions are. … That's why there are some backups.”

The hope is to have the adaptive system online by Friday. Porter said he is confident getting on the bridge will be faster for all once that is done.

“Then the ramp signals will be more in sync and they'll adapt to wherever the heavier volumes are,” he said."


Hmm, could be could be.. Last news I could find was from last October. I'm sure I read after that someplace the parts were stuck at the border and the system was delayed.

[madog222]

^From end of December

The one task remaining – a rather important one – is that the ministry is still waiting on some electronic components currently held up across the border, which will allow the combined Main Street/Dollarton Highway on-ramp to sense how many drivers are queued up on both sides and allocate green lights accordingly to flush out traffic. Currently, the signal operates on a timer alone. The adaptive system should be online and reducing back-ups along Main Street soon, Porter said.

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/north-...highway-project-finally-complete-4896773

[Jimbo604]

Originally Posted by madog222

^From end of December

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/north-...highway-project-finally-complete-4896773

Cool thanks. Dec 27th. Hopefully the adaptive system is online soon!

[jollyburger]

That last house that was torn down for the highway project just got another $1 million dollars because of a bad assessment:

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/distri...wner-evicted-for-highway-project-5148923

[Klazu]

They tore down what was basically a teardown and the owner got 2.9 million dollars for ut. Absolutely ridiculous but they are now set for life.

[aberdeen5698]

Originally Posted by Klazu

They tore down what was basically a teardown and the owner got 2.9 million dollars for ut. Absolutely ridiculous but they are now set for life.

Well... they'll need to buy another house to live in. That'll use up most of it.

[jollyburger]

This takes skill.



https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/north-...-after-suv-ditched-in-lynn-creek-5183212

[madog222]

Of course it was a BMW SUV

[Jimbo604]

May-21 to Sep-21

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[Jimbo604]

Oct-21 to Feb-22

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[Jimbo604]

Mar-22 to May-22

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[jollyburger]

They should start restrict trucks that want to go 30km/h during rush hour.

[Mininari]

So has it been long enough to ask... "did this project make a difference?"

I don't live in the GVRD anymore, but I always get a stark reminder of how bad things have gotten traffic-wise on the North Shore when I visit.

My take is that local traffic movements have much-improved, but the bridge approaches and line-ups are as bad as ever?

Now that we know the North Shore Rapid Transit Project will be crossing at Second Narrows (strongly recommended at least), I wonder if there would be any appetite to replace the Second Narrows with a wider, stronger new bridge that could support skytrain, and perhaps add a lane each way for trucks. No sense in going 10-lanes since the Cassiar Tunnel is built out at 6 lanes, and 6-laning the Upper Levels highway does not seem to be on the menu -- ever.

[mezzanine]

Originally Posted by Mininari

So has it been long enough to ask... "did this project make a difference?"

I don't live in the GVRD anymore, but I always get a stark reminder of how bad things have gotten traffic-wise on the North Shore when I visit.

My take is that local traffic movements have much-improved, but the bridge approaches and line-ups are as bad as ever?

Now that we know the North Shore Rapid Transit Project will be crossing at Second Narrows (strongly recommended at least), I wonder if there would be any appetite to replace the Second Narrows with a wider, stronger new bridge that could support skytrain, and perhaps add a lane each way for trucks. No sense in going 10-lanes since the Cassiar Tunnel is built out at 6 lanes, and 6-laning the Upper Levels highway does not seem to be on the menu -- ever.

IMO traffic in that area flows better now. there are still delays at rush hour north of the bridge, but the biggest bottleneck is the area south of the bridge, from mcgill to ~ willingdon

IMO hwy 1 feeds traffic to the port, so i can see why there would be less of a case for 6 laning all of the upper levels versus adding rapid transit to the north shore

[Tvisforme]

My perception is that traffic flows much, much better northbound after the project; the realignment of the on- and off-ramps for Seymour and Mountain Highway has helped to improve the flow for freeway traffic. I wish they'd done something similar for the Main Street/Dollarton/Seymour stretch immediately north of the bridge, but maybe someday...

There are still long delays southbound during peak periods, as others have noted, but I do find the southbound freeway to be much safer before the bridge with the new Mountain Highway off-ramp and especially with Main Street and Deep Cove traffic using the same bridge lane. I never liked how Deep Cove traffic had to merge into the freeway.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Mininari

So has it been long enough to ask... "did this project make a difference?"

I don't live in the GVRD anymore, but I always get a stark reminder of how bad things have gotten traffic-wise on the North Shore when I visit.

My take is that local traffic movements have much-improved, but the bridge approaches and line-ups are as bad as ever?

Now that we know the North Shore Rapid Transit Project will be crossing at Second Narrows (strongly recommended at least), I wonder if there would be any appetite to replace the Second Narrows with a wider, stronger new bridge that could support skytrain, and perhaps add a lane each way for trucks. No sense in going 10-lanes since the Cassiar Tunnel is built out at 6 lanes, and 6-laning the Upper Levels highway does not seem to be on the menu -- ever.

Well it made some dangerous intersections safer so I think it's worth it. There's only so much you can do since you are improving flow and then it's either going to start backing up at the bridge when cars are trying to merge or further east at the East 1st/Grandview onramps.

There's almost zero chance they'll replace the bridge until it starts to fail.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by Mininari

So has it been long enough to ask... "did this project make a difference?"

As a North Vancouverite (District), the perception I have is that this project made the lives of people driving to the North/East of the highway a bit easier (District of North Van), and the lives of people driving to the South/West of the highway a bit harder (City of North Van).

I do not dare drive into the City basically ever, lest I be required to exit via Lower Road or Keith. The Main Street south bound on-ramp was already a bottleneck before, and they only made it more of one. Meanwhile, hopping across the bridge really isn't a big deal at all. No more worrying about the horrible old south bound Dollarton T-intersection with the highway (Yes it was a T-intersection not an on-ramp, it even had a yield sign), so traffic is basically free flowing from Mt. Seymour Parkway. Commuting to North Burnaby could not be easier for me, but sometimes I can bike home from Lonsdale faster than I can drive home.

This project also made cycling a lot more enjoyable, the Mt. Seymour Parkway-Keith Road-HWY1 area is a lot more welcoming now (Can't say the same about Mt. Seymour Parkway or Keith Road though).

[madog222]

Project is officially complete.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022TRAN0072-001149


Image from Provice of BC https://flic.kr/p/2nziMR7

[jollyburger]

Onramp meter

• Video Link

[Jimbo604]

• Video Link
Project website has the above nice 4k drone fly over video: source




Source: DriveBC.ca

Also one more animation, not as exciting as it once was when the project was in progress.