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Is there a plan in place yet for a major re-design of Strathcona Park? When might that happen? Where will the money come from? Jessica Land, our primary liaison with Park Planning responds to questions about how the process works… Question: What are the plans and processes for park renewal? Is Strathcona park up for…
Read MoreRe-Imagining Strathcona Park Working Group
Since the decision to calm Prior, it’s been a goal of the SRA to re-imagine Strathcona Park as a more resident-friendly greenspace. With the encampment hopefully closing in April, we’ve restarted that conversation Park Board planners. We’ve also started a Strathcona Park Working Group to both keep the momentum, advocate for funding and ensure that…
Read MoreAIR QUALITY MONITORING PROJECT
Nov 2020 Our Community-Driven Air Quality Monitoring project officially kicked off Nov. 12 when members of our AQ Working Group met with air quality experts from Metro Vancouver, UBC, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Port’s environmental team to start the discussion about what the project might look like. Can we establish a baseline to measure…
Read MoreRe-Imagining Strathcona Park
Dec 2020 What will happen to Strathcona Park if and when housing is provided for the homeless and it is restored to a local park? We kicked off a conversation at our November meeting about ways to re-imagine Strathcona Park as a more inviting place to exercise, socialize and connect for all residents: a senior’s…
Read MoreCordova Rail Crossing Closure
Aug 2020 Residents of the Strathcona Village building complex on 1000-block E. Hastings Street have been attempting to get the attention of city and CN officials to address the noise-related health effects of the very loud rail crossing signals at Cordova St. and Raymur Street. Due to the interaction between the new “smart” signals and…
Read MoreBurrard Inlet Line Connectivity Study
Dec 2020 The SRA was recently awarded a grant from CN Rail’s BC Community Board to undertake a connectivity study to better understand how residents are currently crossing the Burrard Inlet rail corridor. The study will look at the “current conditions” of community connectivity, how this may be influenced by additional grade-separation within the next…
Read MoreCouncil Motion re: Prior St.
FINAL MOTION AS APPROVED OCT. 9, 2019 A. THAT Council support grade-separating the Burrard Inlet Rail Line with an underpass along the Prior/Venables Street alignment at no cost to the City; FURTHER THAT Council endorse that the Prior/Venables Street underpass include an all-ages-and-abilities route for the Adanac Bikeway, provide accessible walking connections, facilitate access to…
Read MorePrior St. Pilot Project
April 29, 2020 Below is a summary from CoV Engineering of their pilot project, begun in Spring 2020, to explore short-term steps for calming Prior. The pilot project to calm Prior is an iterative/layered approach and we will be tweaking or adding measures as required. When we had implemented the initial measures, we had observed…
Read MoreUpdate (Feb. 16 2021)
Updates from our CoV Engineering liaison person on Prior Street work progress: Contractor working on the bus shelter foundations is almost finished. BC Hydro still has some cable pulling to do; they will be on site for the next few weeks. The cable pulling will not impact street restoration. Street restoration beginning Feb 17: The…
Read MoreUpdate (Jan. 29, 2021)
Updates from our CoV Engineering liaison person on Prior Street work progress: BC Hydro BC Hydro requested an extension to complete their duct repair work. Now scheduled to finish civil construction on February 3. Their cable contractor will be on site the week of February. Expect the cabling pull work to be completed within the week, assuming…
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