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Originally Posted by waves
The land there currently is zoned and used as Industrial land. If it wasn't used as an OMC, I don't feel as though the City of Langley would be willing to change it. They may not even be keen on it being expropriated for an OMC.
So I actually did briefly look at that site. It would have 7 properties impacted which is 3 more than the other site. The total assessed value is $53.3 million with 90% of that being Land Cost. It is 8.4 ha, but, the site would be long an thin and might not actually work from an OMC design point (it's only 140m wide. In comparison the other site is 200m wide). You might have to get creative and/or limit what the site can do.
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I thought it would be more ideal for OMC to have long and straight parallel tracks. This would reduce track and wheel wear and tear, as well as minimize wasted space due to curves. For instance, Edmonds OMC have quite a few wasted spaces between tracks, especially on the curve at the outer edge of the facility. On the other hand, the new Coquitlam OMC3A managed to squeeze in 3 parallel tracks to fit 26 cars in an area that's actually quite long and narrow...
From the cost estimate:
I don't think "at Fleetwood" would fit within the redated space... but "at Langley" would? What about "at Clayton"? "at Surrey"?
Also, any land we discussed that would fit the requirements..?
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