There will be some short-term pain for Stanley Park visitors and West End residents for the long-term gain of the rest of Metro Vancouver and its critical supply of drinking water.

To date, Metro Vancouver Regional District has built water supply tunnels across the region generally with relatively little public attention due to the non-disruptive locations of their project construction sites.

Moreover, tunnelling for water infrastructure projects generally attracts less attention compared to subway tunnels, such as the current tunnel boring project for SkyTrain Millennium Line’s Broadway Extension.

But there will likely be a fair bit more awareness with the forthcoming Stanley Park Water Supply Tunnel Project, which is now set to begin construction in late 2024 for completion in 2029. Planning and public consultation first began in 2016, and construction was originally expected to begin in 2021.

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