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Vancouver expected to expand by 800,000 people
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by Rob Peters | November 29, 2007 at 08:35 am
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This seems like a conservative estimate to me. The city feels like it's growing at a faster rate, but admittedly that's based on nothing other than my own intuition. Any thoughts?
Metro Vancouver held their Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogue yesterday to discuss sustainable ways for the city to absorb more than 800,000 people expected to come here by 2031.The plan outlined the ways the city can grow economically and ecologically while still keeping Vancouver livable, which included the creation of rapid transit, the preservation of green zones and agricultural land and the creation of affordable housing.
The plan was open for criticism, and many groups in attendance voiced their opinions.
Metro Vancouver is inviting the public to let the region know what they think of the report and wants to encourage dialogue. The next public meetings will be held on Dec. 5, at 7:30 a.m. at the Canada Export Centre, and at 7 p.m. at the Richmond Cultural Centre.
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at 08:57 on November 29th, 2007
Considering that the greater Vancouver region now has over 2 million inhabitants, an 800k growth is pretty massive. As it stands, public transit is perfuntory and traffic instructure can best be described as "crap". Great sushi, though.
at 09:22 on November 30th, 2007
eeee gads! Even now streets are all but impassible with parked cars lining both sides, intersections that are completely blind and buses that are overloaded like nothing I've seen since being in the Dodecanese Islands... The housing quality woes and cost of living can only increase in a city where we already battle San Francisco for house prices...
at 14:44 on December 21st, 2007
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