You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs and you can't build a bridge and widen a busy highway without a few disruptions.
At least, that's what some commuters found out Monday when they failed to negotiate a new freeway on-ramp at the Mary Hill Bypass and had to snake through traffic to get back on the highway toward Burnaby and Vancouver.
So far, the Transportation Investment Corporation, which manages the $26.5-billion Gateway Program, has done a pretty good job of keeping traffic flowing. Much of the important work on Port Mann Bridge construction and highway widening is going on at night to avoid conflicts with commuters, although occasionally there will be a glitch when drivers miss the notice boards advising them of the changes.
As the project takes shape towards its 2013 deadline, it will be up to drivers to make themselves aware of traffic pattern changes that will affect their routes.
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