1130 NewsRadio has been hearing from drivers upset with ongoing delays and road changes on the Mary Hill Bypass in Port Coquitlam.

The provincial government says work began in late November to seismically upgrade the existing four-lane crossing of the Coquitlam River Bridge.

Speed limits have been lowered from 70 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour. And because the width of lanes has been reduced from 3.65 metres to 3 metres, some nervous drivers are using two lanes as one to pass through the area.

The change isn’t sitting well with Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West. He took to social media to say he’s passed along community concerns to the Ministry of Transportation.

He also shared the response he received from the government, which reads in part, “Based on the observations of

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