Highway 1 speed limit lowered from Langley to Vancouver for three years Langley, Highway, limit, speed, three

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Highway 1 speed limit lowered from Langley to Vancouver for three years
Construction of 37 km stretch will reduce some spots to 70 km/h
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun July 13, 2010 9:55 PM

METRO VANCOUVER - Drivers using Highway 1 over the next three years will have to slow down between Langley and Vancouver as the province lowers the speed limit along what is essentially a 37-km construction zone.

Starting Monday, the speed limit on Highway 1 will drop from 100 km/h in some sections to 80 km/h between 208th Street in Langley to Grandview Highway. From Grandview Highway to Cassiar, the speed limit will be 70 km/h.

The change in speed limits comes as the Gateway project construction ramps up to add more lanes to the highway and complete the new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge.

Between 120,000 and 130,000 people use the Port Mann Bridge daily.

Drivers who don’t comply with the new speed limits will face stiff penalties, since fines for speeding in a construction zone are significantly higher than those for a simple speeding ticket.

Fines for speeding in the construction zone will increase to $196 — from $138 now — for those doing up to 20 km over the speed limit or as high as $253, up from $196, for drivers going 21 to 40 km over the limit. Excessive speeders, those driving 40 km to 60 km over the speed limit, will face fines of $360 and $468, respectively.

“Essentially the whole corridor is an active construction zone so we’re changing it to 80 km/h the whole way through,” said Max Logan, spokesman for the Transportation Investment Corp., a public Crown corporation established by the province to oversee the Gateway project. “This is such a massive construction project that the construction zone happens to be longer … people just have to slow down; it shouldn’t affect the length of [their] commute.”

The new speeds, including a lowering of the limits between Langley’s 208th and 216th streets sometime next year, will be in effect for the duration of the $2.46-billion construction project. While the new tolled bridge is expected to open a year ahead of schedule in December 2012, the rest of the project likely won’t be finished until the end of 2013.
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peter236

Mr Lik, that is because they caught you speeding there.