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Originally Posted by djmk
Or why even have hazardous loads come into Vancouver in the first place? We have Delta we can easily ruin and no one will miss
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I've felt this way for years. It's absolute fantasy since it would require a lot of governments working together for the greater good, but I think it's high time that the "Port of Vancouver" got out of downtown Vancouver. RBT2 is fully approved now, and all it would take is a small further expansion (DP4? RBT3?) to be able to relocate Centerm and Vanterm (or at least Centerm) down to Delta.
It's always been said that the main reason why passenger rail is unfeasible in the downtown core is because of the conflicts with freight rail so if the freight rail can simply be redirected elsewhere then perhaps it can become a bit more viable. Also it's probably for the best if international shipping was relocated away from the DTES to potentially help contain the illicit drug supply and all that land available in the downtown core is surely better used for other purposes.
Other major port cities have had their docklands gradually moved further and further away from the city core; New York, Rotterdam, Shanghai, London, and of course Toronto, to name a few. Vancouver has slowly been moving port traffic off of the downtown peninsula for decades, there's no reason why we can't continue.