Issues
A PRIMER ON THE BI LINE
The Burrard Inlet Line is a single track that runs from the Port of Vancouver directly through our neighbourhood to the Flats Rail Yard behind Pacific Central Station. Until recently, it was rarely used. In 2018, CN Rail re-activated it so that it could better serve customers shipping containers to and from the Centerm Terminal.…
Read MoreNoise and Parking Update – Nov 29 2021
Letter to Residents Dear Residents, This letter is to notify residents that soil testing drilling activities will occur on City of Vancouver owned property, along the north parking lanes of the 200, 300 and 400 Blocks of Prior Street (between Station Street and Jackson Avenue) from November 30, 2021 to December 3, 2021.Permits for conducting…
Read More456-495 Prior Proposal: Letter of Concern
To: Tom Wanklin, Liefka Vissers, Hayley Hoikka tom.wanklin@vancouver.ca; Leifka.Vissers@vancouver.ca; Hayley.Hoikka@vancouver.ca January 6, 2022 Tom, Liefka and Hayley, Thank you for attending the SRA monthly meeting in November to discuss Strand’s proposed development of the property at 456-495 Prior St. In light of the feedback we received from residents then and since, the SRA has reviewed the…
Read MoreLetter to Park Board
October 26, 2021 Dear Park Board Commissioners and Staff; The Strathcona Residents Association urges the Park Board to prioritize Strathcona Park for a master plan and renewal in the upcoming 2023-26 Capital Plan. Strathcona is a socially and economically diverse neighbourhood. According to CoV stats, 52% of Strathcona residents have incomes below the poverty line,…
Read MorePark fully reopens
Vancouver Sun October 12 2021 – Starting today, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation will begin removing the remaining fences to reopen the east side of Strathcona Park. Although the work is expected to take a few days to complete, the park will be open for public use while work is underway. Visitors will…
Read MoreAQ Monitor Locations and Specs
The AQ Steering Committee, which includes representatives from the SRA, the Port’s Environmental Team, Metro Vancouver, UBC and VCH, have selected 13 preliminary locations for AQ monitors. Here’s a map. The hope is to place monitors in all of these locations, but that will be influenced by budget and the ability to find organizations, businesses…
Read MoreStrathcona Park Remediation
Planting in the park When trees need to be removed from parks due to death, disease, or construction work, they are replaced at a minimum 1:1 ratio. In many cases, our objective is to plant more new trees than were removed, to enhance the urban tree canopy and provide more shaded spaces of respite in…
Read MoreAbout the Street Painting Design
This artwork is intended to be uplifting and beautifying to our neighbourhood. This is our first time making a project like this and we know it is far from perfect! We hope people will understand we have put in a lot of care and love into it and we welcome feedback and constructive criticism! We…
Read MoreA Short History of the Burrard Inlet Line
This post focuses on the history of colonial settlement of Vancouver, however we respectfully acknowledge that Vancouver is part of the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, whose settlement of the Strathcona neighbourhood is less well-documented. It is often said that Canada was built around railways and railways…
Read MoreHospital Update 9/8
After a summer of drilling and installing almost 800 secant piles to form the perimeter of the new St. Paul’s Hospital at 1002 Station Street, the teams are nearing completion and excavation begins in earnest this fall until early 2022. It’s estimated approximately 300,000 cubic metres of fill will be removed from site, an amount…
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