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Originally Posted by Porfiry
"No mention" of the Malkin Connector in past documents, eh? "No interest". Really?
Halcrow: "New connection along Malkin Ave to Clark Drive and reclassification of Prior to Collector is possible."
June open house boards: "In the future, the new Pacific Boulevard is designed to connect to Malkin Avenue allowing an opportunity to downgrade Prior/ Venables to a local street."
June FAQ: "The new Pacific and widened section of Prior St from Main to Gore have been designed for an optimal connection with a future Malkin Connector which would have an overpass over the railyards and would ‘T’ into Clark at Charles Street (vehicles would be required to turn at Clark with no through connection). This would divert commuter vehicles and goods movement trucks away from Prior/Venables between Gore and Clark."
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You make my point.
Halcrow mentions it as something which should be done as part of its recommendations for a 20% capacity removal over 5 years or a 50% capacity removal over 5-10 years. Not fast enough for the City, I guess, as that timeline is quickly jettisoned.
Yeah.. the open house boards state that "In the future, the new Pacific Boulevard is designed to connect to Malkin Avenue allowing an opportunity to downgrade Prior / Venables to a local street", but you will look in vain for anything resembling a commitment or expression of intent to actually undertake any such work.
The June FAQ, issued as part of the effort to resile from the initial projections which indicated an increase of traffic on Prior, states as follows:
"The proposed street network allows for, and is consistent with, longer term objectives of traffic calming of Prior/Venables. The new Pacific and widened section of Prior St from Main to Gore have been designed for an optimal connection with a future Malkin Connector which would have an overpass over the railyards and would ‘T’ into Clark at Charles Street (vehicles would be
required to turn at Clark with no through connection). This would divert commuter vehicles and goods movement trucks away from Prior/Venables between Gore and Clark.
The Malkin Connector is a component of the grade separation strategy for the Burrard Inlet Rail line, to allow for an improved rail connection between the false creek flats railyards and Port operations on the South shore of Burrard Inlet. This strategy is supported by the federal government, Port Metro Vancouver, the City of Vancouver and rail operators; to support and
improve Vancouver’s role as a major Gateway to Pacific markets.
Work is needed to design this connection, including discussions with businesses, property owners, and the community to fully appreciate and mitigate potential issues from various perspectives. Staff have begun this work and will evolve it as part of the Eastern Core Strategy (False Creek Flats) which we intend to report to Council later this year.
We are also proposing sufficient right of way along new Pacific and the widened portion of Prior from Main to Gore, to accommodate a potential future relocation of the separated bike facility from Union/Adanac to Prior/Venables, allowing for a possible greenway on Venables."
Not sure how any of that would give any objective reader comfort that the Malkin connector will be built, but less built prior to destruction of the viaducts. (But.. hey.. doesn't really matter, as the new projections show a traffic reduction on Prior, I guess.)
I urge people to read these documents in their entirety, not just the bits quoted here. I think some others have also saved the City documents with the original projections for Prior as well.
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