The Metro Vancouver Regional District recently created a model that shows the probability of where people could build additional apartments (both low-rise and high-rise) as a result of new provincial housing legislation and regulations that set minimum densities around SkyTrain Stations, Bus Exchanges, and West Coast Express Stations.
This model shows additional apartment buildings; for example, you'll see on the maps that there is no change in Langley City, as our Official Community Plan was already basically consistent with the new provincial rules.
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| Probability of additional densification: High-rise apartments |
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| Probability of additional densification: Low-rise apartments |
The red areas are where more apartments are most likely to be built, the yellow areas are medium, and the green areas are less likely.
Metro Vancouver staff make a few observations. The first is that these changes will not impact population growth, which is good. The second is that it will focus more housing along transit corridors.
My observation is that it may focus more housing growth back north of the Fraser River. My second observation is that we will need a well-funded transit system to support increasing the amount of housing near transit, which isn't the case right now.
3 comments:
Fascinating! And way to go Langley City for being progressive! My query is this: Along with the BC provincial mandate for densification near Skytrain Stations, does the provincial government also provide increased monies for the expected demand on the educational and medical systems as well as planning for more power on the BC Hydro grid and water supply? Population growth is great, but infrastructure improvements are also necessary.
Hello Mayor, I was wondering, when is work being done on the all season pathway through the Nicomekl flood plain?
For the all season path, that is planned in the next 5~10 years.
For the provincial densification mandate, yes, the province will need to invest in schools, health care, transportation, and power.
As local governments, we are planning for our own water and sewer services to accommodate growth.
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