VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver City Council has approved the 2027\u20132030 capital plan, outlining investments to renew essential infrastructure, maintain and upgrade community facilities and public amenities.
It includes approximately $3.5 billion for capital programs and projects to be delivered by the city and its partners, and approximately $0.1 billion in in-kind infrastructure and amenities to be delivered through development, including cultural and child care spaces, explains a release.<\/p>\n
This exceeds the $3.3 billion in city-led investment allocated in the 2023\u20132026 capital plan.
\u201cThis back-to-basics capital plan is focused on rebuilding community facilities, renewing aging infrastructure and ensuring we keep pace with the needs of a growing city,\u201d said Mayor Ken Sim in a statement. \u201cFrom the largest investment in community centres in Vancouver\u2019s history, to public safety facilities and roads, council has approved investments to protect the services residents depend on and build stronger neighbourhoods for years to come.\u201d
The largest allocation, $989 million, is dedicated to drinking water, rainwater and wastewater infrastructure, followed by $703 million for streets.<\/p>\n
The plan also includes an investment of $558 million in community facilities to fund the renewal of five aging community centres and planning and design for new public pools.<\/p>\n
Here are some other highlights:<\/p>\n
Renewing and replacing aging community centres, building a new four-bay fire hall, renewing synthetic turf fields and completing major upgrades to the Firehall Arts Centre.
\nWewer and watermain replacements, rehabilitation of the Granville and Cambie bridges, street and sidewalk renewal and upgrades to recreation facilities.
\nAdvance planning and design work for major initiatives anticipated for delivery in future capital plans, including renewal of the Britannia Community Centre and pool.<\/p>\n
Staff has also been directed to:<\/p>\n
Report back with a cost estimate for means-prevention fencing on the Granville Street Bridge once conceptual design is complete.
\nReview and prioritize the addition of traffic lights and\/or crossing signals at 53rd Avenue and Main Street within the work plan and funding envelope for street lighting and traffic signal rehabilitation and upgrades.
\nConfirm Kitsilano Pool rehabilitation as a committed program and report back as part of the 2027\u20132030 mid-term capital update.
\nContinue work with the Ministry of Education and BC Housing to find renewal solutions for jointly operated facilities, including Britannia Community Centre, West End Community Centre, RayCam Co-operative Centre, Thunderbird Community Centre and Strathcona Community Centre.
\nExpedite planning for a year-round, 50-metre indoor swimming and diving pool suitable for training, competition and water polo, with the goal of positioning construction for consideration in the 2031\u20132034 capital plan.<\/p>\n
According to the release, Vancouver voters will be asked to approve borrowing for three categories of capital investment in the 2027\u20132030 Capital Plan:<\/p>\n
$438 million for community-serving and essential facilities
\n$292 million for transportation and street infrastructure
\n$60 million for parks and open public spaces infrastructure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver City Council has approved the 2027\u20132030 capital plan, outlining investments to renew essential infrastructure, maintain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-818635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}