Port of Vancouver’s Waterfront Land
by Maggie Chandler on November 16, 2007
in Coal Harbour,Downtown
“When you confront a problem, you begin to solve it”. Rudy Guliani
The last piece of public waterfront land in Vancouver, between the seabus terminal and crab park, has been declared by The Port of Vancouver (federal) as ‘surplus’, meaning it can be available to private developers and the Whitecaps have proposed an entertainment complex stadium. The central waterfront coalition want to keep it public, as a space that can be enjoyed by all. www.centralwaterfrontcoalition.org
What do you think? Do you wish to see a sports stadium built here or not? Whould it be good for the neighbourhood or not? What would be the impact on traffic? Perhaps you are a Gastown resident…if so, how will it affect you? Share your opinions with us.
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Hi,
You might be interested to know that there’s already been four public hearings and 7 City-run Open Houses on the Waterfront Stadium over the last 2 years. There’s also been two scientific Mustel polls taken. Every one of these public consultations have shown more than 70% support for the stadium among the citizens of Vancouver.
Since the Whitecaps have moved the stadium away from the railway tracks towards the Waterfront, organized opposition has dropped to only a handful of people. The two biggest groups, the Gastown Neighbourhood Coalition and the Gastown Residents Association, no longer exist. And the CWC’s biggest concern, the future of Crab Park, has already been addressed. Crab Park will remain as is, and the stadium site is over 100 metres away from the park…enough room to put another soccer field there if you were so inclined. It will be completely unaffected.
The people have spoken and it’s time to finally get this done. Besides soccer, the stadium will create a piece of public waterfront no one has had access to in over a century, and it will also extend the seawall, so the City can finally link False Creek to downtown/Coal Harbour via the Carrall Street Greenway. The stadium also allows the City to create a proper central transit hub at Waterfront Station.
Generally, the more people know about the stadium, the fewer misgivings they seem to have about it. So, let’s get it done!
Cheers,
Bill Currie
Friends of Soccer
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