Hey everyone. I've been reading this forum off and on for several years now and I've considered joining a number of times. I never start something unless I can commit myself to it (ie. posting regularly) so I've stayed away. Every once in a while though, I see a question go unanswered that I might know something about so I figured I would sign up. I won't post very often, unless I have something contribute. PS - thanks for some great reads over the years.
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Alright, to the point:
It looks like the plan has changed again for
Metrotown Station. Instead of a loop at the base of the station, it sounds like the city wants the main bus bays to be located on either side of Central Boulevard, with the current loop area still being used for some buses, Handy Dart, and layovers. Central Boulevard would continue to have two GP through lanes in each direction.
Good news is that a replacement passerelle is planned to connect to the new central (mid) station house.
Also of interest:
- addition of 4 escalators each, to the east and west station houses (8 total).
- bike storage room
- 3 retail units at grade
- current bus loop reverses direction (becomes counter-clockwise)
- current bus loop island used as layover area, with adjacent escalators closed
The rest seems to be roughly the same as previous designs.
Here's the link to the report:
https://burnaby.civicweb.net/Documen....aspx?ID=14912
I don't know how much the station architecture will change, but I hope it looks similar to what was posted previously on this forum (I think it was a VIA Architecture design). Considering the relatively limited budget for the project, I thought the design was quite nice - simple, modern, respectful of the previous design.
Okay, hope this is at all useful to anyone.