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Metro Vancouver's $ 21 billion transport plan, including gondola to SFU, approved

The plan also includes doubling bus service and adding 450 kilometers of new traffic-isolated bike paths.

TransLink bus Surrey
Metro Vancouver Transport 2050 Plan (including doubling bus service) ) Is approved. Photo: Jason Payne /PNG

Double new gondola and bus service to Simon Fraser University The hundreds of kilometers of new cycling course is just one part of the transportation plan approved by the local government on Thursday.

Metro Vancouver's ambitious 10-year transportation plan has been approved by the Mayor's Assembly and TransLink's Board of Directors as a top priority for the Metro Vancouver region.

These priorities include nine new separate bus high-speed routes, an extension of the Millennium route from Arbutos to the University of British Columbia, a 60% increase in HandyDART services, and other Skytrains such as Newton. It also includes exploration of extensions. From Sally to Port Coquit Tram.

According to the Metro Vancouver news release on Thursday, the green light was received on Thursday with a new 450-kilometer traffic separation cycling pass that includes a bicycle network at all Metro Vancouver Urban Centers and over 200 bicycle lockers. It was a plan. ..

And Metro Vancouver will extend the start and end times of the SeaBus service to match the SkyTrain service hours.

According to Metro Vancouver, the Transport 2050 project is estimated to cost $ 21 billion over a decade and is an important new source of revenue from governments at all levels to provide. You will need to invest.

said the region will be offered in stages and funded through a series of future investment plans.

Earlier this year, Burnaby Mayor Mike Harley had difficulty building a $ 200 million gondola proposed byat Simon Fraser University due to lack of funding. I said I would.

The Burnaby City Council has approved a 2.6km route option for the TransLink gondola proposal between Lake Cityway Station on the Skytrain and SFU's Town Center.

Burnaby public looks over Translink plans for the Burnaby Mountain Gondola Transit Project at a community open house on May 25, 2011, in Burnaby. The plan is for a 2.6 km tramway system linking Production Way skytrain station with SFU campus.
Burnaby's general public is the TransLink for the Burnaby Mountain Gondola Transit Project. Planned May 25, 2011, Burnaby Community Open House. The plan is a 2.6km tram system connecting Productionway Skytrain Station and the SFU Campus. Photo: Steve Bosch /PROVINCE

Transport 2050 Plan is a long-term metro-Vancouver population growth of more than 1 million It's a vision. Next 30 years.

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— Use Derrick Penner files

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