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| Plans in place for Gondola from Production to SFU
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TransLink has taken another step toward the construction an aerial gondola system to move people up Burnaby Mountain to Simon Fraser University.
The proposed gondola would connect the Production Way SkyTrain station on Lougheed Highway with the SFU campus, about 2.5 kilometres up the mountain.
The Lower Mainland transit authority issued an official request for proposals Monday, according to its website.
"The concept would use the technology that's currently employed in the Peak 2 Peak Gondola at Whistler," said TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie.
Peak 2 Peak is a 4.4-kilometre gondola system that connects the peaks of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains.
The SFU Community Trust had a gondola feasibility study drawn up last year, which projected the line could move between 2,000 and 3,000 people per hour.
There are many potential benefits to the idea, said trust CEO Gordon Harris.
"[It would] reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Harris said. "It would provide quicker service and, certainly during the winter season, a more reliable service."
| http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...-proposal.html
another source: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/l...shColumbiaHome |
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