The Metro Vancouver Park Thread - Page 6

GenWhy? · #**101** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 8:07 PM**

Like I get they want a 50-metre pool back but suing the City could mean no pool here and no funding for what could be over a decade.

whatnext · #**102** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 8:54 PM**

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Like I get they want a 50-metre pool back but suing the City could mean no pool here and no funding for what could be over a decade.

Perhaps true but do you blame them? They had a 50m pool and the city has put forth no compelling reason why they shouldn't have a like for like replacement.

GenWhy? · #**103** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 10:24 PM**

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Perhaps true but do you blame them? They had a 50m pool and the city has put forth no compelling reason why they shouldn't have a like for like replacement.

I will blame them for the additional costs and delay.

I thought the City did have a reason and it was due to costs and timelines.

WarrenC12 · #**104** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 10:30 PM**

The state of pools specifically and community centres in general is embarrassing in this City. The finger pointing between the PB and the City is a joke.

Without the boost we got with some of the facilities for the 2010 games we'd resemble the Soviet area.

whatnext · #**105** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 10:30 PM**

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...I thought the City did have a reason and it was due to costs and timelines.

Cost? That's really a concern by the same city that has no problem blowing $320 million on a four week FIFA bun toss vs a 50 year asset?

Migrant_Coconut · #**106** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 10:54 PM**

IIRC it's the ABC-led Park Board trying to save money. Elect a different council and Park Board, and the 50m might come back.

GenWhy? · #**107** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 11:05 PM**

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Cost? That's really a concern by the same city that has no problem blowing $320 million on a four week FIFA bun toss vs a 50 year asset?

I'm referring to the dedicated money they had at the time.

WarrenC12 · #**108** Posted **Jun 11, 2026, 4:59 PM**

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IIRC it's the ABC-led Park Board trying to save money. Elect a different council and Park Board, and the 50m might come back.

PB should be abolished. The City has to pay anyway, let them face the public more directly.

whatnext · #**109** Posted **Jun 11, 2026, 5:51 PM**

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PB should be abolished. The City has to pay anyway, let them face the public more directly.

Yes, as you say without control of the purse strings it is just another layer of bureaucracy. it is a shame ABC backed down on the abolishment plan. Do the people fighting it even realize that other than Vancouver and Minneapolis, no major North American city has an elected Parks Board?