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Vancouver’s unused railway becomes public greenway

Canada Architecture News - Mar 11, 2016 - 09:39   6525 views

Vancouver’s unused railway becomes public greenway

Artist rendering of planned Arbutus greenway to replace the current unused railway route. (City of Vancouver).

The City of Vancouver has reached an agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway that will transform a contentious stretch of old rail corridor into a public greenway. Under the deal, the city will pay $55 million to purchase the land on the railway route, which extends for nine kilometres from False Creek near Downtown Vancouver to Marpole on the city's south side. The deal brings to an end a long-running dispute over the future of the unused rail corridor, which runs through pricey residential neighbourhoods on the west side of the city......Continue Reading

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