Metro motorists warned: Don't take 'sidelines' to get past East 1st traffic barriers

Who doesn’t love a good shortcut down a side street?
Lon LaClaire, that’s who.
A major Fortis B.C. project that began this week will see parts of East 1st Avenue in Vancouver fenced off for months this summer, and that has sent drivers on the hunt for the speediest circuits around the key thoroughfare.
Residents on quiet side streets near First Avenue say they are already feeling increased traffic flow, and that is something LaClaire, the city’s director of transportation,