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Originally Posted by makr3trkr
Putting aside the argument that Broadway is "special" and an elevated Skytrain line would somehow bring about the apocalypse, HALF of the rest of the line could be elevated, and you could easily save $500-700+ million dollars and STILL carry the same number of people at the same speed.
Vehicular lanes are being removed everywhere in the city so that people can ride bikes -- why shouldn't one or two lanes on 10th be removed for an elevated train?
You could take that 500 million and give Surrey one of their three LRTs.
If Vancouver wants the Endowment Lands and Point Grey below ground, they can raise taxes and cough up the extra dough, or they can wait.
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I'm pretty sure underground all the way was never on the table. So, less drama making is yes?
There's 2 challenges for Point Gray. Making the hill which may require a tunnel anyways, and not getting sued by people with lots of money to blow on lawyers. 6% grade is the max consistent grade for skytrain.
Putting a guideway 15 feet from someones bedroom window is going to be a lawsuit, guaranteed and thats the reality of Broadway and 10th.
A trenched guideway could be a good option for the old garrison lands, and into the Pacific Spirit Park. Theres a few blocks that would need some other options though. Possibly a short tunnel, many millions of dollars of land expropriation, or simply diverting down to the beach and avoiding West Point Grey altogether. The beach option is less useful and carries some geotechnical issues with landslides.
Also, Vancouver has no control over the Endowment Lands.
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