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Vancouver to get new dedicated bus lanes on these key routes
HOME BUYERS – To get the best exclusive listings visit www.vreg.ca and go to “EXCLUSIVE DEALS” Vancouver will move forward with plans to implement dedicated bus lanes on key corridors in the city. Vancouver City Council unanimously passed a motion on Wednesday, July 24 to add dedicated bus lanes on eight priority corridors over the next…
Volunteers plant trees in area they say was damaged by pipeline construction
Posted August 9, 2024 9:27 pm. Last Updated August 9, 2024 9:31 pm. The Mountain Protectors — an Indigenous-led group dedicated to monitoring the construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in Burnaby — says it is trying to regenerate the land that has been damaged during that process. Jim Leyden and Sam Munn, along with a handful of volunteers, have planted more than 100 trees in the stretch of land between Gaglardi Way and Lougheed Highway in Burnaby. “Every tree we plant, we take power back from the oil industry that would rather just come through here and gut everything and leave,” said Leyden “We want to remediate the sites so they get back to where they were. Be good neighbours.” They are hoping to revitalize the area and return it to a forest — measures they say should be taken by Trans Mountain. “I would like them to come and do the things they say they would do and take care of the things they say they would take care of,” Leyden said. “A spiritual contract goes from the beginning to the end, and not the beginning until someone gets out what they want. And that is the history of the resource industry.” In a statement, Trans Mountain says, in part, “Work crews are finishing final cleanup and reclamation activities along the pipeline corridor in Burnaby, which will continue through 2024. All remediation work is performed under a Canada Energy Regulator-approved Reclamation Management Plan…” Part of the company’s reclamation commitment, in a section for parks and sensitive areas, reads, “Our goal is to protect rare plant species and reestablish native plant communities,” but the Mountain Protectors say this hasn’t been fulfilled by Trans Mountain. “Even that kind of bare-minimum commitment they made to the people here,” Munn said. Munn is hoping the trees they planted will survive the summer, and the group is looking for volunteers to help them water the saplings to help replenish the land.
Letter: Changes on Mount Seymour Parkway important for community safety
A number of safety upgrades to the North Shore highway are vital to its improvement, despite recent backlash Re: Letter: Mt Seymour Parkway upgrades pushed through without public consent Re: Mount Seymour Parkway bike lane draws mixed reviews Dear Editor, This letter is in response to a recent Letter to the Editor, titled, ” Mt Seymour Parkway upgrades pushed through without public consent”. The letter uses a lot of language without backing any of it up with factual information, so I will attempt to provide some here. Firstly, the Parkway was the only street in the District of North Vancouver with a speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour. Everywhere else, people contend with a 50 km/h speed limit. According to statistics from the City of Edmonton, a pedestrian’s chances of survival are only 45 per cent if hit by a vehicle going 50 kilometres per hour. The probability of the pedestrian being killed increases to 85 per cent if the vehicle is travelling at 60 km/h. As the district notes, observed speeds were regularly up to 77 km/h. The author also claims the changes to the Parkway are purely political. Despite having a Bicycle Master Plan since 2012, little has been done District-wide. Other than changes to Lynn Valley Road and some of 29th, council has done almost nothing to make cycling safer in years prior. Cycling infrastructure in the district is starkly absent compared to the City of North Vancouver or the City of Vancouver. As for “inefficiency”, as the author notes, let’s do some simple math. From Riverside Dr. to Parkgate Village, the distance is 3.5 km. A drop in the speed limit from 60km/h to 50km/h results in an addition of 42 seconds to one’s trip to Seymour. I will leave it to readers to determine if, as the author states, this constitutes “an assault” on the “working class” and “the entire community,” including seniors. The lanes have only been narrowed minimally. According to the sistrict, the Parkway vehicle lanes are now the same as Lynn Valley Road and Marine Drive. If you are at risk of swerving into a concrete curb or barrier, then you were by definition at risk of hitting, injuring, or killing someone in the bike lane prior to the implementation of concrete separation. If the author is having trouble empathizing with the kind of discomfort many cyclists feel riding in an unprotected bike lane, I would ask them to try this: ride, run, walk, stand, or sit — whatever they are capable of — in an unprotected bike lane while a car or truck speeds past them within inches, regularly, at speeds of up to 80 km/h. And stay there for longer than 42 seconds. The recent changes are important because they provide real safety measures for people riding bikes (roughly 400 per day). But they are also important because they have a tangible effect on the comfort that riders feel as they make their way back and forth from the Seymour area. If we as a community feel it is important to reduce vehicle trips and traffic, and foster a healthy active community, then changes like what we see on the Parkway are an important step in the right direction and long overdue. Jordan Manley, North Vancouver What are your thoughts? Send us a letter via email by clicking here or post a comment below
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Vancouver real estate market low home sales allow inventory growing
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938 Clements Street Canyon Heights North Vancouver
YouTube Video tour Listed at $1,898,000 Amazing property in Canyon Heights, one of the most upscale neighbourhoods in North Vancouver. Handsworth Secondary catchment. Build your dream home on this fabulous oversized lot 9,372 sqft (65’x144’). Or you might decide to renovate the charming home with 3 bedrooms and 1 bath upstairs. Downstairs has a large…