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Fuel Island.<br />
Additional<br />
land behind<br />
was leased and used<br />
for employee parking;<br />
NVTC service<br />
personnel were resourceful<br />
when receiving<br />
inter-garage<br />
transfers; Signs<br />
posted at NVT, indicated<br />
the limitations<br />
of NVTC as an efficient<br />
and secure<br />
depot. (Editor)<br />
rounded by<br />
residential construction.<br />
It was perhaps<br />
inevitable that conflict<br />
between the<br />
new neighbours and<br />
the transit centre<br />
would occur. While<br />
most new neighbours<br />
realized the<br />
streetcar depot existed<br />
nearby, many did<br />
not appreciate the<br />
extent of the noise<br />
and pollution a facility<br />
housing buses<br />
would generate at all<br />
hours of the day and<br />
night. According to<br />
the North Shore<br />
News, the depot also<br />
annoyed residents<br />
by its bright lights.<br />
This tension would<br />
only add to the calls to replace the ageing<br />
garage.<br />
Back in the early 80s, there had been discussions<br />
about building a combined<br />
West and North Vancouver Transit Centre<br />
on Lloyd Avenue in North Vancouver.<br />
The idea was not pursued and when<br />
the garage opened in 1986 it housed only<br />
West Vancouver buses. The idea would<br />
be later revisited but the transit centre<br />
now existing was unable to be expanded<br />
to house the current NVTC fleet.<br />
In 2005, TransLink reached a tentative<br />
deal to buy a portion of former rail Yeats<br />
on West First Street. That deal collapsed<br />
when the District of North Vancouver<br />
refused to approve the plan. Neighbours<br />
were up in arms about pollution and<br />
noise emanating from the depot. Since<br />
that time, TransLink has been unable to<br />
find another suitable site in North Vancouver.<br />
Port Authority lands, Squamish<br />
First Nation, and Capilano University
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