Border Lineups to U.S. From B.C. Will Only Get Longer

(Doug Ward — Vancouver Sun/Canwest News)

Peace Arch construction project to continue into 2010

British Columbians heading to the U.S. on weekends this spring and summer — especially holiday weekends — should gird themselves for life in the slow lane.

Major construction at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., has cut its southbound traffic capacity in half, creating bottlenecks also at the nearby Pacific Highway crossing.

Lineups should be shorter for northbound travellers — certainly shorter than the three- to four-hour lineups some faced at the end of the recent Victoria Day weekend.

Faith St. John, speaking for the Canada Border Services Agency, said that a combination of “unique circumstances” created longer than usual lineups at Canadian stations along the Washington State border last Monday. Read more here.