SFU/Burnaby Mtn Gondola | Proposed
I know this idea has been thrown around a lot on here but I'm assuming this is news for most. Surprisingly I don't think this has been posted anywhere yet but if it has let me know. Thanks to Yellow Fever at SSC for first posting this:
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yah... this is old news.... but it has gone public because Harry Bloy opened his mouth in the BC Leg today... it was underwraps for almost a year... or i became first aware of it a year ago but it was in a closed-door meeting... so it could have been a bit longer....
personally, i think its desperation to get re-elected. but the timeframe is YEARS AWAY! i am not going to say when... but it wont be happening anytime soon... or atleast it is not planned to happen anytime soon Construction timeframe after funding is secured and plans are made is approx a year |
AHA Funny.
Mr.X's dreams are realized now =) |
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I am sure the university has "OTHER" priorities that are higher on funding... #1 would be restoring the funding cuts that have been made over the past couple years... there was a rally held last wednesday at SFU ( it was on the Front page of 24 last thursday) |
It's called long term planning, something you and the NDP obviously don't know about.
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Offtopic: Oh burn!
Ontopic: What are the capacities of these kind of arrangements anyways? |
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IF we dont know about it then who built the HOV lanes on Highway 1? IF we dont know about it then why didnt we cut "to the bone" funding to post secondary institutes? ( because reducing 80 faculty this year, reducing course offering and course choices will help in planning for the long term) i could go on... but for long term planning, there are tonnes of projects that are higher priority for SFU and UniverCity and one of them is to actually build the entire UniverCity project, expand the size of SFU, restrofit existing buildings that are 40 years old and in desperate need of repair etc... this is not long term planning: this is pre-election rhetoric! |
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The Whistler Peak to Peak has a capacity of 2,050 passengers per hour per direction. |
I don't see how this is pre-election rhetoric if there isn't a damn announcement yet. You can call that then. The truth is, something like this was always planned or envisioned. Whether the election has anything to motivate this being accelerated, it still benefits the region, and the commuters that will be using the gondola regardless.
By the way, there goes the warning, next is suspension. I shouldn't have added fuel to the fire. I doubt you'll see that capacity for this =P |
Hey... they read our idea.
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Ravman, why must everything turn political for you? Stop it, it's annoying.
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this is neat, but it still seems to me that a funicular is a much more sensible idea, though the views wouldn't be as nice.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Peak2Peak gondola around 4.1km long with 4 towers and cost around $55 million? How does a 2.65km gondola, albeit with 5 towers, cost $68.9 million? In Burnaby no less. Seems a little odd to me. Oh, and I guessing the construction was a little more difficult in Whistler what with 1000 foot drops, snow, and all the rest of it.
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http://static.travelmuse.com/docs/ar...laire-full.jpg Also, this thing had a cable snap or something a few years ago, injured a bunch of people. Not good. |
Portland has a gondola too
Portland has a gondola to a mountain top university that is integrated into it's transit system to.
Here is a link to a very good wikipedia article about it http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._and_route.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ndTramCar3.jpg The price seems in line with our proposal, it got done for $57 million in a P3. Operating costs were projected to be under $1 million but is over $1.7 million / year |
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that being said... its still pretty cool |
Rumour has it there will be some sort of electoral process occurring this spring.
In the meantime, does every single topic have to be a campaign opportunity? I can be as interested in elections as anyone and I realize the government plays a part in many ways - direct and indirect - on development in Vancouver. However, please consider the rest of us who like to read about pretty buildings, new parks, and big gondolas ; ) for a few minutes without election plugs, or attacks? (rather ineffective ones, I might add). Thanks ; ). |
Humm....can't wait to hear more about the plans
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And yes, as somebody mentioned, there could be P3 costs to consider. |
They could shorten the distance and cost by linking to a future Evergreen Burquitlam skytrian station.
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