Millennium Line - Broadway Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by fredinno

Only reason Olympic Village existed was because of the Olympics, though- Olympic Village itself is >10 minutes away walking from Broadway-City Hall. There's no future station @ Nanaimo for the Millennium, 15 minutes away from the Expo Nanaimo Station. Apparently those two were too close, and would be redundant, and so, was deleted.

There's not that much down at Wesbrook, so that raises the question why build the Millennium Line down there if you don't need to? Translink didn't include it in their plans, after all, and the LRT/bus loop would offer better overall coverage, if slower.

Also for the connection to the 84 and 50.

Which is odd, considering that VCC and Commercial are virtually joined at the hip. If anything, TransLink could've eliminated Rupert and had both lines connected by the #7.

There's a reason why UBC refers to "Wesbrook Village" and "South Campus." 12,500 units would be almost a third of all housing in the UEL. Then there's a high school, community centre, groceries and a commercial strip - rather than having all those riders crowding UBC Central Station and then the 41st B-Line, it'd be a good idea to just have a second station.

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

As it stands though, I'd say Jericho doesn't need a station unless they show a significant development there, and perhaps chip-in. Plenty of time to sort that out.

As ninja'd by fred just a while ago:

During today’s Mayors’ Council meeting, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart stated the First Nations that own the property have shown excitement for the extension to UBC and SkyTrain technology, and they suggested offering the land required for a station on their site.

Wonder if they can get them to fund part of the guideway too?

Originally Posted by fredinno

So, East Mall is the preferred alignment. That future station at the Golf course is dumb. If that thing ever shuts down, it should re-connect Pacific Spirit back into one lobe; as is, it currently breaks up the wildlife and habitat in the park into less environmentally valuable disconnected parcels. Underpasses for animals should also be built.

Again, this is the "how much will this cost" study, not the "what should the route look like" study. Plenty of time to negotiate, figure out who wants to sell, then figure what what stations to put where.