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- more grade separation
- embrace 'park and ride'
- extension to Abbotsford
- more stations between Waterfront and Port Moody
- new station north of SFU and run the future gondola down to it?

Funds are being unscrupulously given to cities with the greatest housing need, including those who have historically and presently continue to exacerbate the crisis – those who do nothing but dig in their heels.

The program is described as an incentive but feels predetermined.

It feels like it defeats the point of the program when municipalities can mess around and ignore their agreement – but cities that're proactive, implementing good policy, or just aren't dealing with the housing crisis quite as bad, have put in very strong HAF applications, and haven't seen a cent.

I'll bring u some on god

maximize corporate profits to increase shareholder value

do you know if they would charge DCCs on secondary suites / detached ADUs?

Much like inclusionary zoning i feel that they gotta realize that $100k x 0 units is still $0!!

Love to see Jim Pattison coming up with new and innovative solutions to make as much money as possible

I think it's imperative the review process is sped up, absolutely. but revisions and back and forth is, to an extent, a reality of the industry

there's an onus on the city to provide certainty as to what will or won't be approved, and the applicant to provide a quality submission from the start

Bill 109 in Ontario did this, with DC refunds as the penalty

I think munis just pushed most of the process like technical review into the pre-app stage. Once the muni is confident they can do it fast, only then would they take the application & start the clock

It speeds things up, mostly on paper

No problem, I'm hardly an expert

Also, I heard because they decided to slam it straight down Hespeller Rd, the cost of reconstructing and widening the whole street is in that S2 figure

However, Weber was widened for S1 to "make up" (yuck) for the lost lanes but wasn't included in the S1 "cost"

I think Stage 1 had a lot of smart design like partially using existing rail right-of-way (including crossings, like under the 401) whereas Stage 2 has to go over the Grand like 3 times lol

I mean ION also had its fair share of delays and cost overruns – it's not a completely rosy picture.

I believe the ION is also operated by Keolis

there we go

controversial opinion there bud

Hughes will play with the Tkachuk brothers and you will like it