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tearing down the Bailey
Bridge ramp every night.

As the result of lobbying
from North Shore _ business-
es led by the West Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce and
the resultant ramp solution,
the number of nightly bridge
closures has been cut from
the original 150 to 40 or
fewer,

“Everything vou see on
the bridge except the towers
and the cables will be
removed and replaced,” Freer
said.

On Tuesday, BCTFA
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Gate project would be “... the
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the bridge deck, which is
scheduled to begin in January
2000.

Final project completion is
targeted for the fall of 2000.
The $99.8 million project,
announced May 1 by the
provincial government,
includes:

@ a complete seismic upgrade
of the bridge and north
viaduct;

@ a stronger bridge deck
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