Dear Editor:
Re: Mayor’s Message, June 4 paid advertisement.
According to District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton we can view the constant construction and the traffic problems in the district negatively or we can chose to make the chaos work to benefit the community. OK, I vote for negative! Would it not be a good idea to slow down on all of the construction and rezoning?
Planning. There is more to planning than just saying OK to construction. What about transportation infrastructure? What did the North Shore get in the regional transportation plan? A couple of B-line buses from here to there and a new SeaBus, which I believe makes four that work and one more for spare parts. The world does not begin and end at Lonsdale Quay. The district of Hope, B.C. probably has bus service as frequent as the Capilano Highlands. Are there transportation plans for the Capilano and Marine area besides a hope and a prayer for more bus service?
In addition to the towers of the Cap West project, the powers that be (in other words a majority of four on council) are looking at applications to build towers of 19, 23 and 24 storeys and a 170-room hotel at Capilano and Marine. Are these building heights allowed in the official community plan? I don’t believe so. But does it matter? (More rezoning.)
Some members of council don’t believe all of this construction will increase traffic. Well, then thank goodness we have a three-lane bridge to Vancouver. Oh yeah, it’s three lanes total. I suppose it doesn’t really matter though because you won’t get near the bridge anyway.
Harold March
North Vancouver
Editor’s note: DNV’s concept plan for the emerging Lions Gate Village (formerly Lower Capilano) recommends the stepping down of building heights from the existing 25-storey International Plaza tower at Capilano and Marine, with a maximum height of 22 storeys for new development. View the plan in detail at dnv.org/property-and-development.
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