Ten Questions Vancouver City Council and Project Supporters Should Answer

 Ten Questions Vancouver City Council and Project Supporters Should Answer

1. What is the emergency plan if a storm comparable to the 1962 Hurricane Freda (the Columbus Day Storm) or the 2006 windstorm that devastated Stanley Park strikes while this massive barge is in the harbour?

2. Who is legally and financially responsible if the barge breaks free during an extreme weather event and damages the Burrard Street Bridge, nearby vessels, or waterfront infrastructure?

3. Has the project been designed to withstand the stronger storms and sea conditions scientists predict will become more common because of climate change? If so, where is that engineering assessment?

4. What happens during the exceptionally low tides when many of the historic vessels at the Vancouver Maritime Museum sit on the bottom? Will this project interfere with those tidal conditions, navigation, maintenance, or emergency access?

5. What independent environmental studies have been completed to determine whether construction, dredging, anchoring, or increased marine activity could disturb contaminated sediments that have accumulated over decades in False Creek?

6. Southern Resident killer whales and humpback whales are finally returning to our coastal waters. What assessment has been done on the effects of additional underwater noise, vibration, vessel traffic, lighting, and human activity on marine mammals and fish?

7. If this project is intended to support environmental sustainability, how does constructing and operating a large commercial floating spa align with Vancouver's climate commitments while British Columbia faces increasingly destructive wildfire seasons?

8. Has a comprehensive traffic and emergency access study been completed that considers Bard on the Beach, the Sen̓áḵw development, cyclists, pedestrians, emergency vehicles, and this new attraction operating simultaneously?

9. If the project fails financially or closes in the future, who pays to remove the structure, restore the site, and remediate any environmental damage? Taxpayers—or the private operator?

10. Most importantly: Has every decision been made because it genuinely serves the long-term public interest, or because short-term revenue was considered more important than protecting one of Vancouver's most treasured waterfronts?

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