The following is from the Gateway Program website:

Gateway

Project Description

The South Fraser Perimeter Road Project (SFPR), approximately 40km long, is a proposed new four-lane, 80 km/hr route along the south side of the Fraser River extending from Deltaport Way in Southwest Delta to 176th Street, with connections to Highway 1, and to approximately 184th Street in Surrey where it links with TransLink's future Golden Ears Bridge.

With connections to highways 1, 15, 91, 99, and 17, and the future Golden Ears Bridge, the route would take a significant step toward completing the network of major roads in the region. As a result, it would benefit the trucking industry, commuters and tourists accessing borders, the Tsawwassen ferry terminal and the B.C. Interior. The SFPR will offer goods movers an efficient transportation corridor, while helping to reduce the volume of regional traffic and trucks on arterial and community streets, improving quality of life for residents and commuters.

Project Goals:

• Improve the movement of people and goods through the region by providing improved connections to the Provincial highway network;
• Reduce east-west travel times, particularly for heavy truck movements by providing a continuous highway along the south side of the Fraser River;
• Improve access to major trade gateways and industrial areas and facilitate development in designated industrial areas along the south side of the Fraser River;
• Improve safety and reliability; and
• Restore municipal roads as community connectors by reducing truck traffic on municipal road networks.

Further links regarding the South Fraser Perimeter Road are listed below:

- SFPR Environmental Assessment

- Municipality of Delta SFPR information

- Sunbury Neighbourhood Association view of the project

- Thoughts from the Vancouver Board of Trade