We have lived with the Port Mann Bridge near our home for over 16 years.
Many Surrey residents are dependent on it for transportation to their daily work as well as for education at SFU and many other things. The proposed tolls for the new bridge will be expensive. For only 20 crossings per week, for 45 weeks a year, at $3 each crossing the total is $2,700. This is equal to the annual property taxes many people pay.
The toll is for a bridge that doesn’t open up a new part of the Lower Mainland, such as the Golden Ears Bridge.
We are losing a free bridge that has been here for many decades. This is the main bridge into Vancouver from the whole rest of Canada. The proposed toll on the Port Mann has the potential to be a financial hardship for many people who live near the bridge in Surrey. I believe that those who live near the bridge should be spared at least part of the pending toll, because our lives have revolved around this bridge for many years.
If I could say one thing to our politicians, it would be to please consider contesting the full toll for residents local to the bridge.
J. McLeod, Surrey
