A plan to add new significant amounts of housing, shifting development south into a “second downtown” around the future SkyTrain Millennium Line Broadway Extension, has been approved in Vancouver.
The Vancouver City Council in June approved the Broadway Plan, culminating four years of work with nearly 30 amendments added to the final iteration.
“The plan is still grounded on the basis of adding significantly more housing — especially affordable housing — and employment spaces surrounding the future SkyTrain Millennium Line Broadway Extension reaching Arbutus, enough to accommodate 50,000 additional residents and 40,000 jobs over three decades,” reports Kenneth Chan for Daily Hive. “But the framework of getting there — creating a second city centre, effectively expanding downtown Vancouver southwards — has been greatly altered due to city council’s desire to achieve a greater balance with mitigating the impact on existing residents and improving livability.”
“The Broadway Plan as a whole was approved in a 7-4 vote, with Green Party councillor Michael Wiebe, TEAM councillor Colleen Hardwick, COPE councillor Jean Swanson, and NPA councillor Melissa De Genova in opposition,” adds Chan.
More details of the political debate surrounding the plan and the nearly 30 amendments added to the plan in the final round of approvals are included in the source article below.
FULL STORY: Broadway Plan finally approved, after marathon Vancouver City Council process
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