[Soundy]

From watching and listening to the traffic reports this week so far, it sounds like the Patullo is seeing a SLIGHT increase in traffic, but on the whole, nothing really substantial.

One thing, I see people noting that some of the usual trouble spots are still bad - Burnaby Lake, etc. - and that's to be expected because there's still a lot of construction there. What I HAVE ALSO noticed though, since I work in trades and drive all over the region at all times of day, is that there's not the ALL-DAY crunch through the Burnaby/Coquitlam stretch. It bogs down again during rush hour, though usually not quite as bad... but outside rush hour things tend to be noticeably better.

Then again, we're only a couple weeks into the new bridge, and there are definitely variations in traffic patterns over the course of a month.