To the editor:
Re: “Salmon streams or bus parkade?” June 20.
As a longtime Marpole resident, I appreciate the Vancouver Courier coverage by Stanley Tromp. Marpole is still a park-deficient community.
Presently a half dozen highrise towers are being constructed at Cambie and SW Marine Drive. About 4,000 new residents will be living at this location within two years.
A new 10-acre park in what we call a “green friendly” city needs to be built within the same two year time frame.
TransLink could have stayed at the Oak and 41st longtime bus yard facility, simply by building a second level.
The City of Vancouver holds a significant card as now TransLink is applying to the city for significant up-zoning of that longtime bus yard facility on 41st.
As the article states a new 10-acre park would not have to be funded by the taxpayer, but would come out of a $27 million dollar Community Amenity Contribution fund.
TransLink recently built a new bus depot facility at the foot of Hudson Street. in Marpole. Why would TransLink then need to build another facility on the whole 21acres? Why could they not sell 10 acres to the City of Vancouver for a much needed public green space?
Don Larson,
Vancouver
