Alternate Routes Feeling Weight of Cameron Street Bridge Closure

Saturday, October 08, 2005 03:59 AM

While the Cameron Street Bridge is closed because of structural problems, the City of Prince George and the Ministry of Transportation have been monitoring traffic volumes on alternate routes.

The Hwy 97/Fifth Avenue intersection is already operating near capacity during peak hours, so rthere are some limitations on how the system can be tweeked to eliminate traffic back ups.

The City says any other necessary changes to traffic control will be considered and installed as appropriate.

To reduce traffic delays on Highway 97, drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes, like Foothills, or try to travel during off-peak hours whenever possible.

There is still no estimate of how much it wil take to repair the bridge, or when that work might be done. Last word indicated the Cameron Street Bridge will be closed at least until the new year.
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Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2005 03:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Runner46 on October 8 2005 12:02 PM

Now we can really see what outcomes are going to be with Cameron St. bridge closed for some time. It will help make decisions that must be made.

Posted by: Chadermando on October 8 2005 4:07 PM

Thank god for the new Nechako crossing. I remember being lined up past the dealerships heading North when the Nechako crossing was a two lane bridge and the Cameron Street bridge was out.

The question we need to ask is do we really want all our infrastructure dependent on the highway 97 corridor?

Or do we want to start diversifying our infrastructure taking away some of the heavy traffic from our internal arteries?

Posted by: Opatcho on October 9 2005 9:36 AM

Heavy traffic in Prince George? Go to Kelowna they have six lanes of traffic through the middle of the City. Try crossing the Portman bridge on #1 at 4 pm or at 8 am. The only decent street we have is #97 and we are going to spend all our tax dollars on bridges. Lets get out of the small town box.

Posted by: Chadermando on October 9 2005 3:32 PM

Opacho, Your logic is flawed.

Face the fact that PG is the only provincial and national essential infrastructure node that is divided into four by rivers and cut banks. Bridges are an essential infrastructure.

The mean average of bridges in other communities should not even be a factor in the equation.

Kelowna as I recall although less of an essential infrastructure (nationally) also has infrastructure problems that need to be addressed.

Posted by: Opatcho on October 10 2005 9:57 AM

Chadermando, If my reasoning is flawed I fined it difficult to define yours. First I dont see four rivers in the Nechakco and Fraser basin that is comprised of the small area called the City of Prince George.
The present planning is to locate major businesses out of the bowl area on #16 west and there will be more development on #97 south . We are providing all these bridges for the few people that live in the bowl area.
When I talk about the traffic in Kelowna or Vancouver I am merely pointing out what traffic flow looks like in other areas. I realy dont care what infastucture they need. Having lived in those areas I think we are in a small town box and cant seem to get out of it. And the other problm is we get grand ideas as to our needs when we actuly dont understnd the problem. Those who dont learn from history will repeat history and thats where we are going. And by that I mean we already have to many bridges and you think we need more.