If you’re travelling between Vancouver and the North Shore this morning, you might want to prepare for long lineups at the SeaBus and traffic delays on the bridge.
Delays continue on the Lions Gate Bridge because of the metal bump at the south end. Ministry of Transportation engineers worked Wednesday night to smooth the bump and will be back Thursday night to continue the repair work.
TransLink said Wednesday that all bus service between the North Shore and downtown Vancouver would be diverted to the SeaBus terminal at Lonsdale Quay Thursday morning. Buses, including the 240, 241, 246 and 247, will avoid the bridge and divert to the SeaBus terminal at Lonsdale Quay at Bay 1 or Waterfront Station in the morning and throughout the day.
There are no extra sailings this morning, but TransLink spokeswoman Tina Robinson said they are looking at putting extra sailings on this afternoon in time for the evening peak traffic period.
There are regular SeaBus sailings every 15 minutes.
TransLink is reminding people to budget extra time this morning because “bridge construction will continue to cause heavy traffic volume and delays.” Robinson said the decision was made to stop bus service after they observed lengthy delays on the bridge Wednesday.
“We felt it would be faster to divert to the SeaBus than have customers stuck on the bridge in traffic,” she said.
West Vancouver’s private Blue Buses are still travelling in both directions on the bridge.
On Wednesday night, TransLink posted on Twitter that sailings on both sides of Burrard Inlet were full and lineups stretched out of the terminals.
In the meantime, traffic is also moving slowly in some areas of downtown Vancouver after an early morning collision.
Vancouver police spokesman Sgt. Randy Fincham says an SUV was T-boned by a dump truck at Smithe Street and Seymour Street. He says there were minor injuries and property damage after the SUV hit a building.
He says the cause of the crash is unknown at this time.
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