The results of the latest consultation will be presented to the city council this week, which will then make a recommendation on their preferred route option to TransLink management and the Mayors’ Council in the coming months.
TransLink management and the Mayors’ Council are expected to approve any route option recommended by the municipal government. This will then be added to the Mayors’ Council’s Plan or pursued as a standalone project using federal green infrastructure funding.
SFU Burnaby Mountain Gondola route options: Route 1 direct, straight-line (blue); Route 2 eastern angled detour (orange); Route 3 western angled detour (purple). (TransLink)
The preferred route of students, named the Route 1 option by TransLink, has a length of 2.7 km and an end-to-end travel time of six minutes. It has the lowest costs, with a construction cost of $210 million and an annual operating cost of $5.6 million, which is 30% less than the current bus operating costs.
B.C. winter storm brings snow, highway closures and ferry cancellations
Winter began in B.C. with a storm bringing high wind and significant snow accumulation to many parts of the province, leading to power outages, ferry cancellations and highway closures.
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Posted: Dec 21, 2020 1:09 PM PT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020
A man uses an umbrella during a snowfall in Surrey, B.C., on Monday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
VANCOUVER Snow, strong winds and heavy rain wreaked havoc across southern B.C. Monday, causing ferry cancellations, power outages and road closures. BC Ferries posted a service notice in the afternoon announcing it had cancelled all sailings between the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Officials said they expected service to resume Tuesday morning as scheduled. The difficult weather also cut power to some 15,000 BC Hydro customers across the Lower Mainland, including about 4,000 in the White Rock area who lost service after trees fell onto power lines. Another 2,600 lost power in Langley due to the snow storm, which BC Hydro said caused additional challenges for crews trying to restore service.
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