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Originally Posted by Pinion
Last I checked North Burnaby had its own very popular skytrain lane.
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Haha indeed. Right on top of Lougheed Highway.
It just seems really hard to me as a pedestrian to get to places like Lake City Way, Holdom, Sperling, Production Way, heck even Lougheed Town Centre right now, because the station is sitting literally on top of an 8 lane highway. Then there's the Grandview Cut and Highway 1 to worry about crossing, as well as the tremendous hill from the line up to the heights/Mountain, and a lot of people just end up saying to themselves that it's too difficult to live around there without a car. Thus the massive underground parking in Solo District, Brentwood, the surface parking at Lougheed, etc. It's hard to make a comparison when Expo Line avoids Kingsway altogether and has less natural features working against it. Plus there are the political differences between North and South Burnaby, with North Burnaby liberals tending toward a more middle-aged, car-oriented demographic.
Interesting to hear about Willingdon widening. Maybe narrowing was just wishful thinking on my part
. In any case they'll have to figure out how to make Willingdon easily crossable near Modello, either by reconfiguring the intersection or building a lit underpass for the Parkway. They could get started on this anytime if the money were there, there's no need for them to wait for Modello to finish--just need referendum results because of future B-Lines on Willingdon.
I wouldn't worry about noise of all things living in Modello, except when Gold House is being constructed right next to you. Modello condos look really plush and will probably have good sound insulation. And the neighbourhood to the south really is actually extremely quiet. It's a really nice place to live.