‘Pause and rethink’ the Broadway Plan: Vancouver protesters [Video]

Hundreds of Vancouver residents gathered at city hall Saturday afternoon to urge councillors to “pause and rethink” the Broadway Plan.

Adopted in 2022, the policy governs development along the Broadway corridor, aiming to create high-density homes for 50,000 more people along the under-construction Broadway Subway extension.

A petition touted by the organizers of Saturday’s event has received more than 2,800 signatures. It describes the plan as “playing out in a way many residents never imagined,” with rezoning signs “popping up like mushrooms” and “18- and 20-storey tower proposals on quiet residential streets some distance from rapid transit.” 

Towers were on the minds of protesters CTV News spoke to at the rally, including Gordon Yusko, who said one is under construction behind his Fairview apartment building.

“The Broadway plan allows too many high-density towers in too small of an area and it’s going to make neighbourhoods unlivable,” Yusko said.

Roni Jones said she’s been a renter in Kitsilano for decades, and has seen people lose …