Millennium Line - Broadway Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction - Page 344

vanman · #**6861** Posted **Sep 11, 2015, 7:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by jsbertram

Which is why the CoV is willing to pay extra to put it all underground.

Nothing to fear here.

Yeah I understand that. I just wanted to point out the insanity that would be Broadway if we were shortsighted enough to build LRT instead of subway.

retro_orange · #**6862** Posted **Sep 11, 2015, 7:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

Yeah I understand that. I just wanted to point out the insanity that would be Broadway if we were shortsighted enough to build LRT instead of subway.

It wouldn't be on Broadway anyway. It would be on 8th or 10th.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**6863** Posted **Sep 11, 2015, 8:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by retro_orange

It wouldn't be on Broadway anyway. It would be on 8th or 10th.

that's impossible. both of those streets are already only 3 cars wide. LRT would make them 0 cars wide. with above ground SkyTrain you might get 2 car width if you're lucky. good luck convincing all the people living on those street to have a train about 5-10 feet from their windows.

Large Cat · #**6864** Posted **Sep 11, 2015, 4:00 PM**

As relief for overcrowding on the line, if they did cut and cover on 10th maybe they could put an underground active transportation corridor ON TOP of the subway, with exit points at the stations. With 2 layers of this there could even be WIND ASSIST a la that Toronto hamster tube plan. This could supplement and make less hectic the existing 10th Ave bike route.

BCPhil · #**6865** Posted **Sep 16, 2015, 9:59 PM**

The Liberals are promising to keep the conservative promise of $1.5 billion for the Calgary C-train Green line if they are elected. So that is good news if you were worried about what would happen to major projects not yet started with vague funding promises (like the Broadway Subway) if the Liberals unseat the Conservatives.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trudeau-calgary-transit-flood-mitigation-pledge-1.3230362

(I only wish our provincial politicians would act that way. If they stayed the course on Skytrain and didn't waiver when changing power, only to go back to Skytrain, we would probably have an extra project completed by now).

But I must have been away, because I didn't realize they were going to do the whole thing, with LRT right off the bat, and that it is going to cost $4.6 billion. And there are still a lot of questions, like if they are going under downtown, or how they are crossing the river (new/old bridge or tunnel). Yet, they still got solid enough commitment from the government to go ahead. Last I heard it was going to be a 30 year plan. Crazy.

If they are spending that much on a 40km of LRT, that reaches 290,000 Calgarians and is currently used by 43,000 transit riders, the feds should spend that much on Vancouver, even though it is more than 1/3 of the $1.9 billion price tag of our system.

jsbertram · #**6866** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 2:42 AM**

Broadway near Heather was clogged up today because of a drilling rig in the middle of the road.

Looks to me like core samples are being done, and it also suggests that Broadway is the chosen route (not 8th or 10th).

GlassCity · #**6867** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 2:45 AM**

^Following that, does anybody know if anything ever happened to those RFPs that TransLink put out for the Broadway Line and Surrey LRT?

jlousa · #**6868** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 3:24 AM**

Took a pic of it as I happened to stumble upon it.

WarrenC12 · #**6869** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 3:41 AM**

There could be a million reasons why drilling is occurring.

The Broadway line is no closer to being done that it was in 2002.

jlousa · #**6870** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 4:41 AM**

nope I can assure you it's much closer now then it was in 2002.

GlassCity · #**6871** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 4:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

nope I can assure you it's much closer now then it was in 2002.

You can't just play with men's hearts like that. I'd rather live in ignorance than anticipation!

excel · #**6872** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 5:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

nope I can assure you it's much closer now then it was in 2002.

Care to elaborate?

AMTDGT · #**6873** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

Took a pic of it as I happened to stumble upon it.

Appears to be the same trucks and equipment that I saw on Brunswick at Great Northern Way. hmmmmmm I love conspiracy and political intrigue.

WarrenC12 · #**6874** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:00 AM**

Yes, money is about to rain down from the sky.

The reason Evergreen is delayed is because the boring machine was secretly moved under Broadway. In fact, the line is 75% complete as we speak...

GlassCity · #**6875** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Yes, money is about to rain down from the sky.

The reason Evergreen is delayed is because the boring machine was secretly moved under Broadway. In fact, the line is 75% complete as we speak...

When the drilling was first mentioned, my first thought was that anything could be happening. But when jlousa says something, I get curious.

Sheba · #**6876** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Yes, money is about to rain down from the sky.

Those bags of money are supposed to land on my patio! How am I supposed to build the Skytrain lines I want if people take my pennies from heaven!

WarrenC12 · #**6877** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

When the drilling was first mentioned, my first thought was that anything could be happening. But when jlousa says something, I get curious.

True. And I'm sure there are always negotiations going on, but that also doesn't mean anything is imminent. It's just the way government works...

ssiguy · #**6878** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:43 PM**

Regardless of how far West the Broadway line is going, hooking it up with the Canada Line is essential.

A lot of the B-Line traffic gets off at the Cambie/Broadway station not only if trying to get to Richmond/YVR but also due to the huge employment base of the area such as City Hall and VGH.

Question................when building the Broadway Canada Line station did they make any allowances for a Millenium Line or did they plan for the future as well as they did with the rest of the line?

st7860 · #**6879** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

Regardless of how far West the Broadway line is going, hooking it up with the Canada Line is essential.

A lot of the B-Line traffic gets off at the Cambie/Broadway station not only if trying to get to Richmond/YVR but also due to the huge employment base of the area such as City Hall and VGH.

Question................when building the Broadway Canada Line station did they make any allowances for a Millenium Line or did they plan for the future as well as they did with the rest of the line?

"if the Millennium Line is extended from its current terminus at VCC–Clark Station west to Arbutus Street or UBC, this station will become a transfer point to the new service. A "knock-out" panel was installed on the station's mezzanine level to provide a cross connection to the Millennium Line platforms (either under 10th Avenue or under Broadway)."

jlousa · #**6880** Posted **Sep 20, 2015, 3:54 AM**

I can't elaborate, obviously... The project while not imminent is much more further ahead today then it was in 2002 and I expect more information to be made public within the next 12months.