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‘Follow through’: Strathcona residents say city backtracking on promise to calm Prior Street (New SPH)

Residents of Vancouver's Prior street rallied today in opposition to the city's plan to make their street a major arterial to replace the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts after they're torn down. Grace Ke reports.(Photo Credit: Global News)
Residents of Vancouver's Prior street rallied today in opposition to the city's plan to make their street a major arterial to replace the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts after they're torn down. Grace Ke reports.(Photo Credit: Global News)

Residents of Vancouver’s Strathcona Neighbourhood took to the streets Monday morning to say they feel betrayed by a proposal to keep a high-traffic street through their community.

At issue is the future of Prior Street, the busy but narrow arterial that feeds the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts from East Vancouver.

Vancouver city council is slated to vote Tuesday on a staff report that will finalize what road feeds the bulk of area traffic into the city’s core when the viaducts are removed and the new St. Paul’s Hospital is built.

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