The Vancouver Park Board<\/a> is asking for a massive investment from the City of Vancouver to meet the demands of a growing population.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 2027 to 2030 Capital Plan, submitted by Commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky, states that Vancouver is expected to reach almost one million residents by 2050, putting even more demand on parks, recreation facilities, sports fields and public spaces.<\/p>\n The plan asks for a \u201chistoric investment in parks and recreation\u201d of $1.35 billion.<\/p>\n According to the Park Board, the\u00a0Office of the Auditor General audit of Recreation Facility Asset Management recognized that 72 per cent of recreation facilities are in poor or very poor condition.<\/p>\n This Capital Plan is a critical opportunity to address \u201clongstanding infrastructure renewal needs, implement adopted Park Board strategies, and invest in the next generation of parks and recreation facilities for Vancouver,\u201d according to the motion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The $1.35 billion would include: $300 million to prioritize investments in seawall and waterfront repairs, stump removal, planting new trees and pruning street trees around the city, developing new parks, including Burrard Slopes and East Park Phase II, renewing parks, including John Hendry, Strathcona, Columbia, Delamont and others, acquiring new park land, replacing concrete pools with spray parks and updating playgrounds, courts, lacrosse boxes, updating turf and maintaining new competition facilities at Killarney Park and Kerrisdale\/Pt. Grey Secondary, making new off-leash dog areas, repairing bike lanes and building and maintaining washroom facilities.<\/p>\n Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Park Board also wants to commit $50 for biodiversity restoration opportunities in areas such as Lost Lagoon, Beaver Lake, Musqueam Park Forest and others.<\/p>\n It also wants to allocate $200 million for aquatic facilities, including the replacement of the Kitsilano Pool, planning for a new 50-metre pool and community pools and spending $200 million on the renewal of community centres, including Hastings, Kensington and Renfrew, and maintenance at all others.<\/p>\n No one from the Vancouver Park Board would comment on the proposal on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cPark Board staff are not in a position to comment on a Commissioner\u2019s motion in advance of the Special Meeting or before it has been formally introduced and considered by the Board,\u201d a spokesperson said in an email.<\/p>\n![\"Get](\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\")
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