During today’s press conference, Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie said this will serve to greatly enhance traffic flow in the city centre, where significant new mixed-use developments are planned now and into the future.
Approximately 17,000 vehicles are expected to use this section of roadway on average daily, including vehicle traffic transplanted from No. 3 Road.
The new River Parkway arterial roadway, March 2021. (City of Richmond)
The new River Parkway arterial roadway, March 2021. (City of Richmond)
The new River Parkway arterial roadway, March 2021. (City of Richmond)
There are new intersections controlled by traffic signals where River Parkway meets Leslie Road and Cambie Road. Pedestrian and cyclist connections on the south side of Cambie Road have been improved with a new multi-use path between the Middle Arm Greenway and the Canada Line’s Aberdeen Station on No. 3 Road.
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Surrey councillor Jack Hundial produced a motion last month to “develop a meaningful, respectful acknowledgement before every Council and Committee meeting … in recognition that we are settlers here on this Coast Salish Land.” However, Safe Surrey Coalition (SSC) council members, including Mayor Doug McCallum, rejected the motion January 11 in a 5-4 vote. SSC councillor Allison Patton said Hundial was not being “authentic.” While Hundial expressed he was “shocked” after the rejection, McCallum explained, “we [City of Surrey] treat them [First Nations] better in Surrey than anywhere.” McCallum agreed with his fellow SSC councillors Laurie Guerra and Doug Elford that there is nothing wrong with a land acknowledgement; however, it ought not to be legislated, or mandatory, under city policy.