Media got a snap invite yesterday morning to attend a “technical briefing” about the viaducts. It turned out to be not so technical, as there were still quite a few details missing (no answers to: when will exactly the park be built, are there hard targets for affordable housing, how much extra density will Concord Pacific get under the no-viaducts plan; no detailed spreadsheet on how development fees and land sales will finance the $200-million project). It was more about the grand ideas and the possibilities and much use of the word “city-building.”
But we still get a bit more information: $100 million for a new commuter route east of Main (not decided whether it’s Malkin or National); likelihood that the engineers will create a two-way street along BC Place; more sense of how the roads will be configured; confirmation that the viaducts will come down all at once, not in phases, etc.
My Globe story is here. City information is here. An open house and a Reddit AMA coming up for the public.
Oh, and here is the staff report on the viaducts, which is more informative than the PowerPoints etc. provided yesterday.
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1 jenables // Oct 26, 2015 at 3:24 pm
I told you I felt unsafe because i had been threatened with a weapon. When you are a petite female you probably aren’t going to be winning any feats of strength. I’m not speaking for all women but I’m sure a fair number agree with me that there are situations that are wise to avoid, particularly when you’ve already experienced them. Your suggestion was that I continue to feel unsafe at night, because you don’t think I should drive, even though you do. If you don’t think it has anything to do with gender, explain to me why late at night 9/10 people walking around are dudes.
2 boohoo // Oct 26, 2015 at 5:12 pm
What?
I guess girlsplaining makes sense to you. (not offensive, right?)
3 jenables // Oct 26, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Not really any point talking further boohoo, read this article instead.
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/viaducts-fitch-article/
4 jenables // Oct 26, 2015 at 5:42 pm
https://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/viaducts-fitch-article/
5 boohoo // Oct 26, 2015 at 7:08 pm
That site is painful to visit, but fine.
So he agrees with the plan, finds the reports comprehensive, professional and persuasive.
Then he goes on to list all the things he doesn’t like about the thing he just complemented and said he agrees with, including questioning the integrity of many of the numbers in the reports he just called comprehensive and professional. Ok….
I agree about the street cars though, I don’t know why those aren’t running now considering they could do it without translink.