Vancouver Post Office tunnel to be filled in

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle15944791/

A 2,400-foot tunnel that runs from the city’s behemoth main Canada Post office on Georgia Street to the Waterfront train station, an early example of mail-delivery technology rendered obsolete, is to be filled in, sealing off a piece of Vancouver’s history.

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“It’s definitely at the end of its lifespan – 60-year-old concrete that’s not reinforced, lots of water.”

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The head of the city’s engineering department, Peter Judd, confirmed that Canada Post asked to terminate its 100-year lease of the tunnel and the city has asked the post office to pay the $1.3-million cost of filling it.

“It has no ventilation, no water, no access. It seems a shame but … if we were going to keep it, we would have to do that maintenance, spending a hundred grand a year for something out of use since the 1960s.”