Tuesday, December 9, 2025

No help for Broadway corridor businesses suffering from subway construction

 https://globalnews.ca/video/11571149/no-help-for-broadway-corridor-businesses-suffering-from-subway-construction/ 

If the Covid control shutdown wasn't bad enough, this is like a push over the edge.

https://vancouversun.com/business/borderline-bankruptcy-vancouver-skytrain-construction-hits-broadway-shops-hard

https://globalnews.ca/news/9567913/business-group-calls-for-support-shops-shutter-broadway-construction/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/broadway-subway-won-t-be-cut-and-cover-mayor-pledges-1.2850400 For all the trouble and B$ of constructiong the YVR-Canada Line, the stations should have been long enough to accommodate at least 5 car trains. Unfortunatly, the BC Mind Virus made sure that the stations were only designed to eventually accommodate 2.5 car trains.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cambie-street-businesses-canada-line-lawsuit-1.4812624 

https://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Transportation/2009/05/27/CambieWins/