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Candidates Propose New Funding to Remove Unsafe Viaducts

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC · How we work

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City council faces resident pressure to remove the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.
The 1970s viaducts carry about 40,000 vehicles daily and are seismically unsafe.
In 2015 council approved the $1.73 billion Northeast False Creek plan to demolish them.
Eleven years later costs have escalated dramatically, stalling funding for removal.
Green Party mayoral candidate Pete Fry and Liberal mayoral candidate Kareem Allam propose new financing ahead of the Oct. 17 election.

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Story summary

City council faces resident pressure to remove the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.
The 1970s viaducts carry about 40,000 vehicles daily and are seismically unsafe.
In 2015 council approved the $1.73 billion Northeast False Creek plan to demolish them.
Eleven years later costs have escalated dramatically, stalling funding for removal.
Green Party mayoral candidate Pete Fry and Liberal mayoral candidate Kareem Allam propose new financing ahead of the Oct. 17 election.