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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff
Touch single family neighbourhoods? Preposterous
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Yes, having DNV, West Van and Oak Bay in the first group will be a good test of how serious the province is in pushing these changes through.
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Originally Posted by mcj
....Edgemont Village, extend the commercial along Queens Rd all the way to Lonsdale with mixed use 6-storey low rises, 4-storeys on the block behind them and quadplexes surrounding everything.
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As with Jollyburger's comments about commercial zones, converting Queens Road into essentially Marine Drive North won't get a lot of buy-in - especially if there's no improvement to the roads. Queens currently only has two traffic lanes; it could be four if the parking is converted, but a buildout on that level would be better served with bus/bike lanes instead. There's also the issue of where to put traffic at either end of Queens. Lonsdale's already pretty busy and the increased number of cars merging to get to East 29th would be very problematic. That being said, if the District were to relocate the municipal hall as part of a new, denser project, Queens could be curved through that space to merge with West 29th.
The western end at Edgemont is even more problematic - in fact, it's already a pain - because you have a conflict between busy streets and streets that need to be quieter. Ridgewood feeds traffic to and from Capilano, Highlands services everything above the Village, Edgemont south of Queens feeds to and from Marine Drive, and of course Queens connects with Delbrook/Westview and Lonsdale. The problem is that those larger streets converge on a slower-paced community centre (Edgemont) that has just recently dropped its speed limit to 30 km/h. There are also several churches, seniors residences and an elementary school that all conflict with wider, faster road traffic.