Long weekend and strong loonie make for huge border waits
Posted Apr 22, 2011 12:23 pm.
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Border wait times as of 4:45 p.m. PST:
Peace Arch 20 min south 10 min north
Pac Highway 45 min south 25 min cars north / 15 min north for the trucks
Aldergrove 25 min south 5 min north
Abby/Hunt just over an hour south 5 mins north
LOWER MAINLAND (NEWS1130) – Bring a book, a board game, or a DVD. It’s the start of the Easter long weekend, and the loonie is soaring over the US dollar. That means a lot of people will head for the border.
These days, you can count on long waits at the Peace Arch on a regular Friday, nevermind on a good one. But somehow, it’s all okay with those idling in line.
“We’re totally into it,” says one dad. “We’re going to Bellevue. We knew it would be awhile, so it’s all good. The kids have got their DVDs on.”
Car engines are being turned off, legs stretched, and dogs walked for neither the first time nor the last time on the north side of the border.
We can also expect the BC Ferries lineups to be long ones today.
News1130 will keep you posted on the border waits. Listen for traffic and weather together on the ones and get up to the minute updates on Twitter @News1130Traffic.
