Will the Quayside area be impacted - good or bad - by the current and planned high rise developments scheduled for the Quay and Downtown areas?
Proposed highrises on the books to be built (that we know of):
1: 1 TOWER 26 Stories: Gyro Building at Carnarvon & 6th Street
2: 1 TOWER New Westminster Masonic Hall at 6th Atreet & Agnes Street
3: 2 TOWERS Plaza 88 west of McInnes overpass ( Images shows one but two are considered likely)
4: 3 TOWERS Larco Development east of Fraser River Discovery Centre
5: 2 TOWERS Bosa behind Inn at the Quay and west of River Market
A total of NEW 9 TOWERS to join those already builted or in the process of being built. These towers will house thousand of more people and likely thousands of more cars. Cars that will possibly further congest our road system, making movement to and from the Quayside area difficult at best.
What are your thoughts? Like the development? Worried about the livability of the area? Will these new residents take the skytrain and not drive cars? Is this too much development when there are no plans to build new roads or fix the condition of old ones? Is this too much within only a few square miles of space? Is there such a things as a 'view corridor' anymore? Hass Plaza 88 revied the downtown as the City Council had hoped?
Share your postivies or concerns.
Why is infrastructure not being discussed on this. Does the City, including Council and Mayor, really believe that these people will not come with cars? There is not enough space in the area for existing cars as it is! What I find really sad about 'density' in New West is the river that the Mayor said he wanted to make more accessible to the people has become walled off for the elite. Only those who live on the river side now - see the river. You just have to look at the existing and proposed buildings to see that the City has created a walled City with a traffic nightmare. While I agree with density - I think the shores of the Fraser in New West have suffered, the City has suffered and I think the people too. Time to densify some where else please.
ReplyDeleteI personally do not think the proposed extra towers 3, 4, and 5 are a good idea. More people who will flood the area with complaints about rail noise. Quayside will lose it's feel as a tight-knit community and start sprawling upwards. The boardwalk will be impacted and there is not enough infrastructure in the surrounding community to support all these new residents. Would it not be better to look at uptown, and replace some of the aging three-story buildings instead? Will there be a mix of affordable housing, or will they all be condos? It's too much, in my opinion.
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