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Jul. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Handyman Goes Rogue with Eight Steps and $550 versus $150,000

  CTV images We can all relate to this-as reported by CTV News  several neighbours had fallen down a steep dirt…
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Jul. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Crossing Tunnel Vision,Locals Speak Out about Bridging the Gap

There is now direct crossing controversy in Delta where the editor of the Delta Optimist has gone on record favouring the option…
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Jul. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Housing Starts Fall in Vancouver

Leslie Hossack image Business in Vancouver reporter Frank O’Brien reports that housing starts-the construction of new housing in the City of…
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Jul. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Worrying About the Eclipse and Cars!

In one of those absolutely classic motordom moments, the Oregon Department of Transportation  is already warning vehicle drivers to “be prepared to…
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Jul. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Observations on New York City, Central Park and the High Line

I have just returned from New York City where I spent a day with Mitchell Silver the Park Commissioner for…
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Jul. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Woonerf Arrives in Winnipeg

There is a little more Dutch in Winnipeg these days as that city welcomes its first “Woonerf”. As reported in…
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Jul. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Full Page Advertisement to "Get The Facts" on the New Massey Bridge

The game of “Whack a Mole” got a little more complex in Delta where the Corporation decided to take out…
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Jul. 14, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Opinion – the New Point Grey Road

Here’s Pete Meizsner’s take on the new PGR, complete with bafflement about a few residents’ opposition to the changes. Point…
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Jul. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Can Massey Tunnel "Bottleneck" be relieved by Short Sea Shipping?

  The CBC reports on a rather sensible potential solution to reducing traffic south of the Fraser River through “short sea…
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Jul. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Tunnel and "Catastrophic Implications of a Tunnel Failure"

One more time in the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, the Corporation of Delta is again letting people…
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Jul. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

There's an App for that-Pedestrian Crossing Signal Intervals

An august group of planners in Sydney Australia, London England, Paris and Vancouver are looking at “intersection signal intervals” -how…
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Jul. 11, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Bute Rhapsody

Before, during and after — the transformation of a street into a people place. With the lines of buildings fixed,…
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Jul. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Speed Humps Versus Bumps, and a Great Temporary Solution

Anyone working in municipal government  knows all about the tussle over speed humps or “bumps”, those wonderful “silent policemen”  installed…
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Jul. 11, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Summer

Summer’s signs on a lovely evening:   picnic dinner on the beach, and brown grass in the park.…

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