BC's government seems to be pushing ahead with the Gateway project despite criticism concerning the environmental impacts of the plans. The Gateway plans have been developed without a full and impartial cost/benefit analysis, without public consultation, and without a cumulative effects assessment. Please read this paper. It represents the concerns of a number of environmental groups about this issue and is call to get you involved or to speak out.

Gateway to global warming

Wilderness Committee Educational Report Vol.26 - No.02, Spring 2007

The B.C. "Gateway Program" and the Canadian "Pacific Gateway Strategy" is a $7 billion plan for trucks and trains servicing port expansions including:

    Port Mann/Highway 1 Expansion
    Involves widening Highway 1 from the McGill interchange in Vancouver to 216th Street in Langley, a distance of approximately 37 kilometres (map).

    South Fraser Perimeter Road
    An entirely new transportation route running generally in an east-west direction along the south side of the Fraser River from Highway 1 near Port Kells in Surrey/Langley to Deltaport Way in South Delta.

    North Fraser Perimeter Road
    A new highway constructed using existing roads along the north shore of the Fraser River, to provide a route between the Queensborough Bridge in New Westminster and TransLink’s new Golden Ears Bridge in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows.

    Pitt River Bridge and Mary Hill Interchange Project
    A proposed new bridge to replace the existing swing bridges and an interchange to replace the existing Lougheed Highway and Mary Hill Bypass intersection.