A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
Now I’m not a transit accountant, but was there ever really a doubt that a Gondola to SFU would be less expensive than a maintaining and expanding the existing buses? I wonder how much was spent on creating the study?
Wonderful news for the Comox art community as council passed two motions to renovate and restore the St. John the Baptist Church on Comox Avenue into an arts community centre.
An interview with Matthew Stuart, of the Burnaby Transition Network – a group of a people who want to Transition is move communities away from their dependence on fossil fuels.
The proposed design for Delta’s new $2.81 million animal shelter has been revealed and Council is expected to decide Monday, January 16th who to award the contract to.
The dismantling of Metro Vancouver’s Labour Relations Bureau is under fire as civic labour unions are heading back to the bargaining table to demand pay hikes for their members.
The union representing postal workers is up in arms at the City of Surrey for offering “no admail” stickers with its calendar for waste pick up. To my mind, the act solidly secured a re-election for all municipal officials who advocated for it. And is anybody else a little scared that peoples the idea that many postal workers’ jobs are solely dependent on admail?
Metro Vancouver mayors are again demanding the provincial government name an auditor to probe TransLink and ensure taxpayers aren’t getting ripped off by getting the new Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) office running and focusing on performance audits for cities and regional districts.
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The gondola study says that it’s cheaper to build than gondola than to use bus service over a 28-year timeframe. If that surprises you, then, yes, it was worth having the study.
Thanks for the clarification. Unfortunately, my knowledge is limited to what was stated in the article and there is no mentioned of the 28-year timeframe.
Having said that, I’ve always wondered what types of factors are considered for such long future projections, especially given how unpredictable even the short-term future is….
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