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Originally Posted by Sheba
I haven't heard anything about moving it and honestly I can't see it happening anytime soon.
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I don't think anything's going to happen to Ladner Exchange as a facility until Delta decides to change up the land use around that area, which they really ought to; I mean it's municipal land and hospital land with a lot of empty space.
My personal vision would be for the existing district near the 17A/Ladner Trunk to become a new transit village, anchored by a fully enclosed rapid bus station built on either the shoulders or median of the 17A and an adjacent bus loop (linked by pedestrian overpass), forming the new "Ladner Exchange". This complex would be located next to the Delta Municipal Hall.
Transit connections to South Delta would be centered around a new Rapid Bus line that starts at Bridgeport, stops at the Ladner rapid bus station, continues to a new bus exchange adjacent to Tsawwassen Mills, then continues down 52 Street to terminate somewhere in Tsawwassen. This would replace 601 as the 'trunk' service to get into the area. The 601 would be retained but redirected to terminate at the new Ladner Exchange instead of going to Bridgeport. Thru travellers required to transfer to the new RapidBus, but the 601 would operate at triple or quadruple the service frequency all-day.
Direct service on the 601's route to Bridgeport could be retained in the peak hours on a supplemental route that skips the new Ladner Exchange. Meanwhile the 620, oriented at ferry passengers, could continue to operate as-is or as an extension of the new Rapid Bus, stopping at the rapid bus station on the 17A in Ladner.
But something like this would depend on whether Delta muni is willing to do a significant redevelopment of these lands and support a transit village, and whether their residents would be willing to support it. Not sure if that will happen in my lifetime, unfortunately.
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