The resulting diversions caused chaos in some areas, but took traffic away from others.
"He has a knack for taking traffic and squeezing revenue out of it."
He said the Merritt project was needed to take traffic off local roads near the parkway.
However, it is a very busy route and takes much traffic from the border to the Sherbrooke local area.
We also have automatic signs telling you how long it will take traffic to reach certain destinations at that time.
A single boat takes vehicular traffic across the river seven days a week during daylight hours.
The canal was also intended to take commercial traffic between the two rivers.
It took traffic from the A46, which was subsequently downgraded.
Taking traffic straight off roads and on to the railway can only be good for the future.
After crossing the river, the road splits again before taking traffic out to the motorways.