Local politicians are not in the habit of grilling provincial bureaucrats who visit them to unveil multi-million (or multi-billion) dollar projects in their region. But that’s what happened last week when three Transportation Ministry officials previewed the upcoming Highway 1 widening project for the Fraser Valley Regional District’s board. The FVRD directors—who include councillors and mayors from across the region—urged the province to hurry up with the project, suggested the $25 million variable speed project was mostly useless, and inquired about the future of interchanges, on-ramps, and truck parking locations ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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