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The park design was approved by Park Board Commissioners in May 2016.

Park Board staff have since been working with the project consultant, DIALOG, to develop technical drawings and coordinate development and building permits with the City of Vancouver Engineering and Planning Departments.

A Development Permit application was submitted on May 26, 2017 and the project is required to go before the Urban Design Panel in July 2017. The Building Permit application will be submitted in late 2017.

Construction of the new park is expected to begin in mid-2018 and take up to a year to complete.

In the meantime, the site will continue being leased to Easy Park and operated as a parking lot until construction begins in 2018.

http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/smithe-and-richards-park.aspx

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Update from the city:

The Park Board remains committed to delivering this exciting new downtown park.

The new park design was approved by Park Board Commissioners in May 2016. Since then, staff have evolved the detailed design and in May 2018 received development and building permits.

The board received pricing from pre-qualified contractors in September 2018. However, the bids exceeded the project budget.

In early 2019, staff will select a construction manager from one of the pre-qualified contractors who will work with a design consultant to revise the design and deliver the project within the Park Board’s construction budget. This will delay construction. It is estimated that construction will begin in fall 2019.

In the meantime, Easy Park will continue leasing the site and operating it as a parking lot until construction begins.
 

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