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Drivers travelling across the Alex Fraser Bridge will need to get used to going a little slower.

Beginning Tuesday night, the speed limit on the bridge will be permanently lowered from 90 km/h to 70 km/h.

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The Ministry of Transportation says the speed limit is being reduced to accommodate an incoming seven-lane counter-flow system, which will see the width of the lanes shrink from about 3.7 metres to 3.55 m.

The speed reduction will “help keep travellers safe and traffic flowing efficiently during counter-flow,” the ministry said in a news release.

The span, which is part of Highway 91, connects Richmond and New Westminster with North Delta.

Meanwhile, crews will be carrying out road work over the next three nights — removing painted lines and installing temporary markers for the northbound lanes — that will necessitate the closing of two lanes on the Alex Fraser. The work is expected to be completed by Friday.

After the August long weekend, crews will return to transition the southbound lanes and paint permanent lane lines.