Millennium Line - Broadway Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction

[Feathered Friend]

Celebrate the future Millennium Line Broadway Extension project.

Enjoy food, free bike tune-ups, lego, music, ping pong, giant games, and talk to project experts and the Mayor about the project.

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/calendar-of-events.aspx#/?i=2

[Metro-One]

Hopefully they present more info / renderings??? Especially considering station layouts???

If not seems like lame fluff.

[Colin4567]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Hopefully they present more info / renderings??? Especially considering station layouts???

If not seems like lame fluff.

It's really more of a "Vision Vancouver Campaign Party" when you consider that a Broadway Subway was one of Gregor's key promises.

[s211]

Originally Posted by Colin4567

It's really more of a "Vision Vancouver Campaign Party" when you consider that a Broadway Subway was one of Gregor's key promises.

Nailed it. Vision should be paying for the event. I live nearby. I'm tempted to go, just to see if Vision will be circulating any sign-up sheets. Meggs was brash enough to do that when condo boards wanted to speak with him about all the broken park promises related to the Concord/Cirque lands.

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

and what would the name of this combined city be?

is this a trick question?

ok, I'll play along

how about .... Metro Vancouver

comprising the newly amalgamated North Vancouver (everything north of the harbour), Vancouver (everything else north of the Fraser), and South Vancouver (everything south of the Fraser)

[jsbertram]

I had to be at city hall this week, and saw that several of the shops and restaurants on the SW corner of broadway @ cambie are closed or closing soon.

that makes me think that this corner is going to be cleared to become the site of the cambie station construction area, or the future site of the new station headhouse. if it is for a street entrance for the broadway line station, it makes some sense since on the north side of broadway there is the space at Crossroads prepared for another entrance, and the SW corner makes for a relatively easy connection to the canada line station on the SE corner

this also suggests to me the TBM tunnels and the platform & track levels of the stations will mostly be under the EB lanes of broadway, and that the other station street access entrances might be on the S side of broadway too

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by jsbertram

I had to be at city hall this week, and saw that several of the shops and restaurants on the SW corner of broadway @ cambie are closed or closing soon.

that makes me think that this corner is going to be cleared to become the site of the cambie station construction area, or the future site of the new station headhouse. if it is for a street entrance for the broadway line station, it makes some sense since on the north side of broadway there is the space at Crossroads prepared for another entrance, and the SW corner makes for a relatively easy connection to the canada line station on the SE corner

this also suggests to me the TBM tunnels and the platform & track levels of the stations will mostly be under the EB lanes of broadway, and that the other station street access entrances might be on the S side of broadway too

Sorry to burst your bubble but the closures have more to do with the fact that the owner of the building didn't want to extend the leases and are redeveloping the entire building. http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/510-west-broadway-vancouver-redevelopment Although I do hope that a new entrance to the station is added while they are doing construction for integration of the extension.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Sorry to burst your bubble but the closures have more to do with the fact that the owner of the building didn't want to extend the leases and are redeveloping the entire building. http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/510-west-broadway-vancouver-redevelopment Although I do hope that a new entrance to the station is added while they are doing construction for integration of the extension.

There won't be a station entrance on that corner, unless something has changed since the Development Permit Board approved the building last year. The design of the Broadway extension, and the integration with the Canada Line doesn't seem to have included that possibility - although there was a reserved underground box as part of Crossroads to the north. It's not clear if Crossroads will have an entrance or not, but for the building coming on the south west corner there's a wider setback to allow existing services including a Metro Vancouver sewer to be moved so that the station can be constructed. That might be why an entrance wasn't required.

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by Changing City

There won't be a station entrance on that corner, unless something has changed since the Development Permit Board approved the building last year.

it seems so short-sighted of the developer to build a new office tower right at the intersection of two of the busiest subway lines, and not include in the design an all-weather access for the tenants to use either of the subway stations.

betcha they've maxed out the parking stalls.

[SpongeG]

the taco place moved to yukon is that west or east of cambie?

also why is there a tent at the broadway city hall station? the homeless along broadway seem really bad right now, i haven't been home in 7 weeks but i've never seen so many along broadway, maybe its just a summer thing?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by jsbertram

it seems so short-sighted of the developer to build a new office tower right at the intersection of two of the busiest subway lines, and not include in the design an all-weather access for the tenants to use either of the subway stations.

betcha they've maxed out the parking stalls.

They're building the min. 79.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

the taco place moved to yukon is that west or east of cambie?

also why is there a tent at the broadway city hall station? the homeless along broadway seem really bad right now, i haven't been home in 7 weeks but i've never seen so many along broadway, maybe its just a summer thing?

East side.

[Migrant_Coconut]

For anybody near Kerrisdale, or who gives a damn enough to go there for a meet n' greet:

Do you want the Broadway Extension of the Millennium Line to continue all the way to the University of British Columbia campus? There will be an opportunity to voice your opinions to some of the region’s decision makers in an upcoming town hall.

Joyce Murray, the federal Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra, is inviting residents to participate in a town hall scheduled for Saturday, July 28...

UBC Subway Town Hall 2018

When: Saturday, July 28, 2018

Time: 1 to 3 pm (registration from 12:30 to 1 pm)

Where: Memorial Hall at Pacific Spirit Church – 2195 West 45th Avenue, Vancouver

Link

[VarBreStr18]

It’s no brainer that M Line should go all the way to UBC ,such a waste of time and energy to have yet another meeting to voice opinion, rather brainstorm to come up with money much more meaningful. A UBC gala fund raising event, lottery would help .....

[SpongeG]

eventually, it will, I'd rather see get built what it can now rather than wait another 10 years to get fully funded, just get moving on it already

[rofina]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

eventually, it will, I'd rather see get built what it can now rather than wait another 10 years to get fully funded, just get moving on it already

Certainly don't want delays.

Its also absolutely ridiculous that it would not go to UBC right away, this should not require a discussion.

Sometimes we get into discussion about politics and leadership in the region.

This is a prime example of a failure in leadership.

We don't require consulting, meetings, events, blah, blah to know that the line should terminate at the largest university in BC.

If we can't agree that this is common sense, were in trouble.

[cganuelas1995]

Originally Posted by rofina

Certainly don't want delays.

Its also absolutely ridiculous that it would not go to UBC right away, this should not require a discussion.

Sometimes we get into discussion about politics and leadership in the region.

This is a prime example of a failure in leadership.

We don't require consulting, meetings, events, blah, blah to know that the line should terminate at the largest university in BC.

If we can't agree that this is common sense, were in trouble.

They should build the tunnel and station boxes all the way to UBC and just finish it to Arbutus if not all the way to UBC. Build it and they will come.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by rofina

Certainly don't want delays.

Its also absolutely ridiculous that it would not go to UBC right away, this should not require a discussion.

That's nice - but who's going to pay for it. We don't have the money to build the entire thing at once, hence why it's divided into two phases. Trying to force it into being built all at once means every other project gets delayed. Do you want to tell the rest of the region that they have to wait for much needed rapid transit (of any variety, inc B-Line buses) because Vancouver is queue jumping?

Originally Posted by SpongeG

eventually, it will, I'd rather see get built what it can now rather than wait another 10 years to get fully funded, just get moving on it already

Exactly.

Originally Posted by cganuelas1995

They should build the tunnel and station boxes all the way to UBC and just finish it to Arbutus if not all the way to UBC. Build it and they will come.

The tunnel is the most expensive part of it - they can't just tunnel all the way and finish it later.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Conspiracy theory: would the feds offer to fund the UBC extension right now, on condition that Horgan and co. end their opposition to the KM pipeline?

[rofina]

Originally Posted by Sheba

That's nice - but who's going to pay for it. We don't have the money to build the entire thing at once, hence why it's divided into two phases. Trying to force it into being built all at once means every other project gets delayed. Do you want to tell the rest of the region that they have to wait for much needed rapid transit (of any variety, inc B-Line buses) because Vancouver is queue jumping?




Exactly.




The tunnel is the most expensive part of it - they can't just tunnel all the way and finish it later.

Why don't we take a portion of the 2 billion saved on a bridge to Ladner and use it towards what will become one of the highest volume public transit lines in the Province?

Or use 50 million to build a new Art Gallery and save the other 300 million budgeted for that.

This isn't a low priority project - were talking about connecting UBC via transit. I think this should easily take a funding priority.

I understand starting the project in stages to avoid delays, I appreciate the creativity to get the ball rolling.