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Vancouver ‘super road’ proposal unveiled by city transport chiefs

A new CAD $100 million ‘super road’ is earmarked for False Creek, an inlet in Vancouver, Canada. City transportation planners said the project could follow the imminent removal of the Dunsmuir and Georgia viaducts. This would allow city authorities to reclaim two blocks in the middle of Gore and Quebec streets, leading to the construction of retail housing space measuring 850,000sqft and a new super road from Pacific Boulevard.
August 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
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A new CAD $100 million ‘super road’ is earmarked for False Creek, an inlet in Vancouver, Canada.

City transportation planners said the project could follow the imminent removal of the Dunsmuir and Georgia viaducts. This would allow city authorities to reclaim two blocks in the middle of Gore and Quebec streets, leading to the construction of retail housing space measuring 850,000sqft and a new super road from Pacific Boulevard.

Besides the potential for 13% more parking spaces on a site measuring 22.25 acres, a broad bicycle and pedestrian mall will also be constructed connecting False Creek and Carrall Street.

According to Jerry Dobrovolny, Vancouver’s transportation director, the project is expected to cost as much as US$98.43 million (CAD $100m), and the sale of the development rights, by the city, of land presently under the viaducts, could raise a portion of the money to cover the project's cost.

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