Swim B.C. president says the group is 'devastated' as the revised plan calls for a lazy river and 25-metre lap pool, rather than the 50-metre pool Vancouver voters backed in 2022
https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-aquatic-centre-rebuild-plan-revised
Why build big for a growing future, when you can adhere to the antigrowth mentality and symbolism?
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/02/19/vancouver-aquatic-centre-proposal-sparks-petition/
Just like the short SkyTrain stations, the argument of budget limitations is used as an excuse. A train station can be designed to be gradually doubled or tripled in length. The new Aquatic Centre could be designed in which it could eventually be double or even tripled in size, as well.
This building small for the future, because its just for small Vancouver, is an absurd strategy.
The Burrard_Bridge was originally designed to have 6 lanes & 2 streetcar tracks on a lower level. Well, the tram-trains never became part of the BB. The city was too cheap to build a parallel bike bridge, so 2 lanes were removed from the roadway on the BB instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrard_Bridge#History
Had the Burrard_Bridge not been Vancouverized, there could have been 2 bus & HOV lanes & a lower level for tram-trains, along with a parallel bike bridge.
The watering down of Vancouver fits right in with the backwater BC mentality.
https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver+Aquatic+Centre
