The New Pattullo Bridge is still two lanes

They closed the old Pattullo Bridge for cars on Saturday and let pedestrians walks across it this weekend. Now it's closed for pedestrians as well as they prepare to disassemble it now that the new bridge is finally up and running.

We walked across it on Family day and the thing that I noticed walking over it that I never noticed driving over it was how short the iron arch is. Most of the bridge is over land. The iron arch over the river is relatively short.

The new bridge looks good. It's obviously safer because of the divider between oncoming traffic but I didn't realize until today that the new bridge is still only two lanes. That defies stupidity. 

The old bridge is two lanes and during rush hour the traffic backs up all the way up the hill on King George. Spending an obscene amount of money which typically kept rising due to over runs for another two lane bridge reveals something inherently wrong with our government. 

The other obvious concern is SNC-Lavalin. SNC-Lavalin is one of the largest criminal organizations in Canada tied directly to all levels of government. They consistently under bid and over charge government contracts and keep getting away with it because of kickbacks in campaign contributions. That is money laundering of tax dollars. 

As a result they constantly hide their involvement in new projects under a maze of shell companies. All the obscene over runs in the Site C Dam were because of SNC-Lavalin. All the obscene over runs in the North Vancouver waste water facility was a SNC-Lavalin partner. Same with the over runs in the new Pattullo Bridge hidden by a maze of shell companies. 

I have always had faith in Ezra Taft Benson's prediction that the Constitution will be saved by righteous men and women who love and cherish freedom. However, seeing BC's constant support for SNC-Lavalin's organized crime makes me reflect on Ezra Taft Benson's warning about secret combinations. 

He quoted a scripture in Ether which states “. . . whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold they shall be destroyed.” We are indeed upholding these secret combinations and as a result our divine destiny will be lost. 

May we wake up and break free of this plague that enslaves us.