“The whole neighbourhood is not happy about council’s decision,” said Alan Kenney, a resident who lives in the area.
Kenney cites increased traffic and pedestrian safety as his two biggest concerns. He says the streets already narrow and do not have sidewalks, making it challenging for pedestrians.
“Once these new developments go in, it will not be safe for any pedestrians at all,” said Kenney.
We’re not against development, or the whole densification of the city, it’s just that it’s not appropriate here…
Densification is for where the poor people are, come on! /s
Surprise…
NIMBY’s make Vancouver even more unlivable.
Build housing first, then fight for sidewalks, traffic calming and bike lanes
Looking at the area they’ll have to remove the street parking but that still wouldn’t leave much room for two way traffic even with a sidewalk on just one side.
From road planning perspective it probably best to enroach on these guys rather giant lawns at which point we’ll probably find out it was never about “safety”.
Several Dunbar residents are speaking out
“The whole neighbourhood is not happy about council’s decision,”
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
“We’re not against development, or the whole densification of the city, it’s just that it’s not appropriate here,” he said.
Classic NIMBY statement. The fire truck thing is a lame excuse, people are expected to move out of the way if the truck has sirens on, not while it returns from the call.
Why don’t they widen the road or at least ad sidewalks? I imagine the city has the ability to at leat do sidewalks since usually the first x feet from centre of road they have the right of way on.
