George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, and Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, have decided to issue an environmental assessment certificate to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project.
The ministry proposes a four-lane bridge to replace the existing Pattullo Bridge. The new bridge would cross the Fraser River and be constructed about 100 metres upstream of, and roughly parallel to, the existing bridge location that connects the City of Surrey and the City of New Westminster.
Read the full BC New Democrat government release here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019ENV0017-000828
Read the Minister’s statement on Pattullo Bridge replacement environmental assessment certificate here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019TRAN0068-000853