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Originally Posted by ecbin
I can't find my prior post on this topic but I have looked into this view cone and it's not really view cone like a Vancouver view cone. There is no height restriction documented and there's no specifics on what exactly the view is that needs to be maintained. It only said something to the effect that preservation of the views between Brentwood and Swangard should be considered - it was a single sentence in the planning doc. It took me quite a bit of digging to track it down so I don't want to go do it again but it's not a real view cone in the Vancouver sense unless there's some behind the scenes, unpublished documentation on this that I can't get access to.
That said, I suspect there would be lower height limits between Brentwood and Swangard but we're still talking 10-12 story buildings versus the 70 story stuff Burnaby likes to approve. 10-12 stories scattered all the way up to Burke is a LOT of density.
AIUI the provision for a station is right at Boundary which would put the station about 800m from Patterson and about 1100m from Joyce - not an unreasonable distance between stations.
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That's what I thought too.
And Patterson itself is currently 600m from Metrotown station, so those two stations are even closer to each other than this potential new station would be to either of its neighbours.
And as I mentioned before in Downtown Vancouver you have even closer situated stations like Granville station that's 300m and 400m from Burrard and Waterfront Station, respectively.
(granted, those are in Downtown which is different from suburban stations)
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