Regional Growth Strategy Land Use Designations and
Goods Movement Infrastructure
Transportation Committee
Map of the Month
December 3, 2013
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A Bit About This Map
The Port Terminal and Facility layers (2012) and the Infrastructure Projects layer (2013) were created by Metro Vancouver for conceptual purposes; locations are not exact.
Project locations are approximate and project extents, where depicted, have been generalized for illustrative purposes.
For more information about goods movement in the region, refer to Policy Backgrounder #1: Moving Goods through Marine Ports in Metro Vancouver (Metro Vancouver, 2013) at www.metrovancouver.org.
The Regional Growth Strategy and Goods Movement
This map sets out the spatial relationship between the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) land use designations and major
goods movement infrastructure.
The map illustrates the following broad patterns:
•A significant amount of investment has been made to upgrade or expand road and rail infrastructure in recent years; •Additional projects have been identified, such as port terminal expansions and a new water-crossing connecting Delta and
Richmond;
•The Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River are strategic marine routes for the movement of goods;
•Much of the RGS Industrial or Mixed Employment areas supporting goods movement are strategically located near the
marine routes and serviced by highways, major roads, and railways;
•The movement of goods traverse through either highly urbanized areas or RGS Agricultural areas.
Legend
Goods Movement Infrastructure
Goods Terminals
Container Transloading Facilities
Highways & Major Roads
Railways
Regional Land Use Designations
Industrial and Mixed Employment
General Urban
Agricultural, Conservation and Recreation, Rural
Together, the complexity of goods movement infrastructure and the interaction with regional land use designations reveals a
significant gap – the absence of a regional-scale plan for goods movement set within a broader vision for regional economic
development, and coordinated with the implementation of the Regional Growth Strategy.
Road & Rail Infrastructure Improvements
Projects Completed
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2013
Regional Transportation Management Centre
2013
Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1
2012
Brooksbank Avenue Underpass
2011
Lynn Creek Rail Bridge
2011
Nelson Road/Highway 91 Interchange
2011
Nordel Way Intersection Upgrades
2011
96 Avenue Widening (152nd Street to Highway 15)
2010
Chester Road Intersection
2010
Coast Meridian Overpass
2009
Pitt River Bridge and Mary Hill Interchange
2009
Golden Ears Bridge
2009
Highway 15 Widening
Highway 91A Interchange Upgrades (Queensborough & Howes St.) 2009
2008
Highway 10 Widening (120th Street to Highway 15)
2006
8th Avenue Upgrades
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Various Upgrades to Land Border Crossings
Projects In Progress
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South Fraser Perimeter Road
Tannery Road and Scott Road Intersection Upgrades
Roberts Bank Rail Corridor/Rail Grade Separations
Neptune/Cargill Grade Separation
Low Level Road Re-alignment
Philip Avenue Overpass
Western Low Level Route Extension to Marine Drive (on hold)
Powell Street Grade Separation
Stewart Street Elevated Structure
No.6 Road Widening between Wireless Way and Highway 91
Westminster Highway Widening (Phase II, Nelson to McMillan)
Nelson Road Widening (Blundell to Westminster Hwy)
Highway 99 and 16th Avenue Interchange
Eastbound Truck Climbing Lane on Highway 1 (232nd and 264th Streets)
Bridge replacing the George Massey Tunnel
Projects Under Consideration
32 Pattullo Bridge Review Project
33 Highway 91 and 72nd Avenue Interchange
Marine Terminal Projects
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Deltaport Terminal, Road and Rail Improvement Project in progress
in progress
Neptune Terminals Coal Handling Expansion
planning
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project
planning
Westridge Marine Terminal Expansion
planning
Fraser Surrey Docks Direct Transfer Coal Facility
on hold
YVR Fuel Delivery Project
2010
Southern Railway of BC Rail Barge Ramp
2010
Deltaport Third Berth