How much more traffic will be created on local roads from the Deltaport Third Berth Project?
Truck traffic will increase to approximately 2,400 single truck-trips per day (from 1,800 single truck-trips per day in 2004) by 2012. Employee service vehicle trips will increase from 2,100 single trips per day to 2,600 single trips per day over the same period. Additional container traffic will use Deltaport Way, Highway 17, Highway 99, Massey Tunnel and River Road to travel to and from Roberts Bank. Improvements are being made along Highway 17 to accommodate the additional container truck traffic. Further, PMV has developed a Traffic Management Plan to reduce the potential for traffic incidents in the local community resulting from DP3 construction activities. Construction traffic will only use provincial highways, except for materials sourced locally. PMV is bringing rock and sand material to the site by water instead of by road for the marine works portion of the project, which eliminates approximately 600,000 one-way dump truck trips on local roads.
