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Public to get say on Burnaby’s Brentwood Town Centre
residents are getting ready to give city council an earful at the public hearing Tuesday
night.
Residents who are especially concerned about the scope of the Brentwood Town Centre
development – Shape Properties proposed towers up to 70 storeys tall – will attend the
rezoning for the less controversial, commercial aspect of the development to urge council
to keep it at a “human scale.”
While the towers aren’t on the agenda Tuesday, nearby residents are waiting to hear how
the city will manage traffic in the area.
Cherie Moses, a part of a traffic calming group on Gravely Street, says it’s crucial for the
city to address the increased traffic destined for the mall and SkyTrain station on her
residential strip so pedestrians don’t get hurt.
The original plan didn’t address her narrow street, north of the centre, which is already so
congested during rush hour that parked cars often get dings and scratches. While her
group understands the redevelopment will go through at some scale, it hopes the city will
come up with a traffic calming solution that will maintain safety despite the influx of
thousands of residents.
“In their minds, people are going to be at these transit hubs and they’re not going to be
driving so much – well, dream on,” Moses said. “All these places will have parking garages,
these shoppers will have vehicles.”
Council has approved of the concept of the decades-long project, called a “crown jewel” by
one councillor.
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