What could possibly happen?
Vancouver Island's Population
Lots of people are relocating from other parts of the province!
from 760,000 in 2011
to 959,757 in 2024
We've grown by approximately
200,000 citizens in 13 years!
Housing costs in the major cities are at an all-time high and gas prices through the roof!
We need a mass transportation option so
Islanders pay less for transportation
and can live in cheaper areas and reliably get to work every day!
Vancouver Island has 1/6 of BC's population spread over its length!
Vancouver Island Rail Corridor
is the only alternate route available.
A second highway would cost billions!
after negotiating, bridge and tunnel projects, blasting, clearing and everything else!
Vancouver Island is
456 km (283 miles) in length,
100 km (62 miles) in width at its widest point,
and 32,134 square km (12,407 square miles) in area.
A singular wider and wider highway?
it cost 15 million just to repair
50 meters of washout!
Build a new Highway?
Where would it go?
How much would that cost
ALL B.C. TAXPAYERS?
Build BRIDGES and TUNNELS?
Pave and blast through Nature?
Through watersheds?
Who would agree with that?
We already have this!
Vancouver Island's growing population!
Vancouver Island's growing population!
Vancouver Island has two cities on the top B.C. population density chart!
Travel requirements between Nanaimo and Victoria are increasing!
Restoring this vital shipping and passenger rail line between Victoria to Courtenay becomes
more important every year!
Even if its to clear the commuters from the services that run on the highways!
They like to get home for dinner too!