And just like that Vanier Park squatters are ordered out. I guess it is much easier to do this on the West Side than East Side.
City of Vancouver cracks down on long-standing Vanier Park campsite
Five campers have been told by the parks board to "pack up and remove their belongings and move elsewhere"
Author of the articleavid Carrigg
Published Mar 21, 2023
The City of Vancouver came down hard on a small group of long-standing campers in Vanier Park alongside the Burrard Bridge on Tuesday morning, giving them a day to pack up and move on.
According to a Vancouver park board statement, 12 park rangers and two Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services inspectors attended the site. They were escorted by several Vancouver Police Department officers....
Squatters are more persistent than some middle aged NIMBY.
I dunno. Seems kinda par for the course for the West End.
The fact so much enforcement showed up to a smaller (albeit supposedly there for several yyars without being on the radar) camp and made it abundantly clear this was not a place to be in a few days sure seems like a hard contrast to anything you find on the other side of Main Street.
They pulled that at Strathcona there would be an "ok." and they would drive off and not actually enforce it.
Fearing street disorderly supporters like yourself for the larger entrenched encampments, the City certainly has to thread with care. Smaller camps, especially in neighbourhoods which are more supportive, are easier to deal with, as the forced removal won't enrage the "woke" folks as much.
Say that again?? Looks like they have bigger fish to fry at the moment.
Sure, I can say it again: after over two weeks now, the tents are still there. The Parks Board's cleanup team has nothing to do with the City's Hastings cleanup team, so either they're dragging their heels, or the homeless are back.
Took a good walk in and around Vanier Park and through the woods and saw no tents, there is an encampment in the wooded area (Pictured below) with 5 or 6 dwellings made from scrap sheets of plywood and tarps. looks like they've been there for years.
Sorry no pictures, It felt like I was in the movie Deliverance, did not want to draw attention to myself, like a Starbucks stabbing victim (I'm still mad ).
Park Lane Road or Vanier Park Lane/Road or maybe a traditional Squamish named road ? is well established now.
I wonder if all 3 towers in Phase 1 will rise simultaneously and will this excavation reach deep for a multiple sublevel parkade ?
I wonder if all 3 towers in Phase 1 will rise simultaneously and will this excavation reach deep for a multiple sublevel parkade ?[/SIZE]
I think that's the plan, to have all three towers built together. The parkade probably won't be particularly deep - they're only proposing 10% parking for cars. There might be a bit deeper excavation on the southern end of the site for the district energy heat extraction plant (which I guess should be similar to the NEU under Cambie Bridge).
April Community Construction Update
Site Preparation
Construction road completed.
Barriers adjacent to the bridge piers now installed.
Temporary waterline partially installed. Final connection to water main expected to occur in April.
Temporary drainage lines for stormwater from the Burrard Bridge installed.
Excavation
Bulk excavation for Phase 1 continues.
Shoring wall and soil anchor installation is underway.
Gate 1 on West 1st and Fir Street remains the primary entrance to the site for construction traffic.
Vanier Park Lane
Additional temporary works for BC Hydro power will continue in April.
Note that a construction noise by-law exemption was issued by the Squamish Nation for Saturday mornings from March 10-October 2023. The exemption was issued on the same basis as exemptions get issued in the City of Vancouver.
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon did not say whether the province might use a similar legislative hammer to force through other housing projects such as the proposed Sen̓áḵw development, which will include 11 residential towers on a 4.2-hectare — or four city blocks — anchor-shaped parcel of land belonging to the Squamish Nation. That project is also facing a legal challenge from the Kits Point Residents Association, which is seeking a judicial review over the service agreement between city council and the Squamish Nation to manage utilities and services.
“Right now, we’re using it for this piece of important social housing, affordable housing, but we’ll have to see in the future,” he said.
Jeremy Braude, a Kitsilano resident involved in the fight against the Sen̓áḵw development, said the legislation sets a “scary” precedent.
“It puts the power in Victoria’s hands, where in fact the local communities are getting cut out more and more,” he said. “We’re starting to live in a very undemocratic world.”
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