https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/nicomekl-river-bridge-riverfront-park
King_George_Boulevard should have a minimum of 6 lanes all the way through its length. That would make it a lot easier to have a couple of bus or HOV lanes. So much of BC just had a 1 lane each way wagon road mentality for so long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_Boulevard#History So to even get to a point where there are 2 lanes each way frightens some people. Especially a multi-generational stubborn power-structure that doesn't want to encourage rapid growth. Since BC can't control immigration into Canada, the next best thing would be to build a wall to perpetuate the, KEEP THEM OUT agenda. Of course that would result in many challenges, so BC continually thwarts the size of its infrastructure. On a much larger scale, Canada has made sure that its nowhere near containing 1% of the worlds population. Yet in-spite of that, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary & Edmonton are all still able to build up larger infrastructure, because they don't have to contend with Vancouver & Victoria restrictions.
BC has such expertise in funneling traffic into a 3 lane crossing. Some people would just like it to remain as it is.
The quintessential 3 lane bottleneck.
Of course the BC capital would have to have its own 3 lane bottleneck.
If you are from Montreal or QC, it would be difficult to imagine something like a BC power-structure putting in a 3 lane crossing when it should at least have 6 lanes.
Just imagine if this little 3 lane bridge was at a major crossing point in Montreal or QC.
Montreal already has its share of congestion. If anyone there tried to impose BC bottleneck planning there it would be an outrage of protests.
