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Originally Posted by Jebby
When will the CoV push to remove the Hastings viaduct?
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Never? Unlike the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts it actually achieves something useful - grade separating a busy road from a railroad. If anything, the forward plan is to add another one at Malkin to replace the crossing at Venables, to go with the fairly new Powell Street Viaduct and fully grade separate the corridor to enhance the freight capacity and flexibility for the Port.
The best thing to do with things like the Hastings Viaduct is to bury the vacant lots surrounding the abutments with viaduct-facing buildings, like the Strathcona Village building is doing, so as to integrate it with the rest of Hastings.