In a prepared statement Clark and MLAs Yamamoto and Jane Thornthwaite explained that "Lynn Valley is a place for families, but during the 27 days of rain last month many of those families were forced stay at home, and they became unhappy families. Our government is committed to put Families First, and protecting Lynn Valley from rain is one way that we'll do that."
The dome is budgeted to cost 3.6 billion dollars, just a bit more than the previously announced investment in public transit. The DryDome™ will be financed through revenues expected from the growing LNG industry, and still awaits matching funds from the Federal government and the Mayors' Council. Work is expected to begin in 2019, with a completion date of 2036.
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Wrong!!!
The work has already begun. They've hauled out centre median shrubbery and, I believe, have also ordered the protective plastic tunnel to be installed on Lynn Valley Road.
Don't be fooled!!Only the two wheeler hi-rise elites will be allowed usage of this passageway while the rest of us are drenched in the increased rainfall caused by the warming of the atmosphere in the so called 'vibrant, walkable Town Centre'. Drainage tax will be charged for this drenching rain and will be calculated by water meters on all storm sewers and charged annually.
Nothing you wrote made any kind of sense.
It takes an April Fool's joke to talk about weather protection. It rains here a lot. We all know that, in fact it is a regular part of our... dry sense of humour. I admit I have been befuddled by the inability of the councils, and the developers to actually address the weather protection issue. There were about 100 meetings that went into the Marine Drive plan, throughout the process people complained about the street level experience and how weather protection wasn't properly planned as a uniform, contiguous, and adequate rain screen over the pedestrian area. Back then, there were parking lots breaking up the store frontage so protection was not feasible, but when they moved to a zero lot line and built right to the sidewalk they were supposed to be able to build cheap and easy rain protection. Now, a significant chunk of the area has been redeveloped and still you will get soaked 6 months of the year as a shopper/neighbor/worker in the marine drive area. It makes no sense.
It should be a requirement in the design guidelines!
Carry an umbrella.
I've lost too many umbrellas. It makes the area more walkable, makes the stores more attractive to shop in even with the rain, and probably fewer slips and falls because it also protects you from snow.
So, we need new design guidelines because you aren't responsible enough to hang on to your umbrellas?
Do you always have an umbrella with you? You expect thousands of people to carry umbrellas when smart design can solve the problem? Wow, you sound old.
In a perfect world there would be a continuous ceiling protecting us from whatever might fall out of the sky. Until then, carry an umbrella or wear a rain shell and a hat. It's what people in Vancouver have been doing for ages. Canopies and awnings have gaps. Between stores and at road and alley crossings. Regardless of what's built on the facades of buildings, you're going to get some water on you.
Don't want to get wet? Move to Saskatchewan.
I love how passionately you defend poor design. There were practical reasons for the gaps in the past, they were developed ad hoc over a long period of time with no uniform guidelines in place. Now there is no excuse. Why accept a lower standard when it costs you nothing? Is it the smug sense of superiority you have when you are prepared for any situation possible and everyone who is not prepared deserves to suffer?
Getting wet is now suffering? Give me a break and get over yourself. If you need this so badly, you go ahead and and start talking to municipalities about changing their bylaws to implementing specific guidelines for sidewalk protection. Have fun.
Slipping on ice is suffering. Having an impassable street so people with mobility issues cant go shopping is suffering. Getting wet is an inconvenience and an impediment to the casual shopper. They may just stay home or shop in an interior mall in another community. Plus good weather protection will make it a better experience for transit users in those areas.
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