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The B.C. government is scaling back the scope of the Pattullo Bridge replacement project by eliminating “important” roadworks on the Surrey side of the new structure.

Last month, the province announced that it plans to spend $1.4 billion on a new bridge to replace the 80-year-old Pattullo, which links Surrey and New Westminster. The province took over the project from TransLink, the regional transportation authority that owns and operates the existing bridge.

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The planned project includes a new, four-lane Pattullo Bridge that will be located to the north and upstream of the existing structure, as well as pedestrian, bike and road connections in Surrey and New Westminster, and removal of the existing bridge.

For the most part, the province’s plan is the same as what was proposed by TransLink, but there is a key difference on the Surrey side.

TransLink’s plans for the project included realigning Scott Road to better connect it to King George Boulevard through an interchange, and a new road called the Scott Road Extension. The extension was intended to run through the Bridgeview neighbourhood parallel to 124th Street, linking the South Fraser Perimeter Road to King George Boulevard and onto the Pattullo Bridge heading west.