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Originally Posted by Changing City
If it had been an elevated line (which was never contemplated) and the cost was similar to Capstan, then yes. Presumably a trenched line would allow a station to be achievable too - although with some difficulty if the road and property access was maintained during construction.
The Langara Gardens Policy Statement, adopted in 2018 also establishes that when that rezoning proceeds the developers will also contribute to a future station. It doesn't seem realistic that those two projects could be expected to generate $90 to $100m to cover the anticipated costs, if Translink change their current stance and support construction of an additional station. Other funds will have to be found to make up the final cost.
The city seems to be doing everything they can to make it happen; reserving a site and collecting cash (in a protected fund). It's just not nearly as easy as the Richmond station.
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One of the reasons of the high costs was that when they did the cut cover all they did was put on a a level section instead of building a proper structure that would allow simple nockouts to be cut in. Another short site in the process to build the Canada line. So to build the new station requires to build around the existing tunnel and a portion of work is in a 3 hour window. So large costs attached to it.
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