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TransLink is asking Metro Vancouver residents to answer a short survey on its plan to install a gondola up Burnaby Mountain to Simon Fraser University.
The poll — dubbed the The Business Care Engagement Survey — needs to be completed by Nov. 19, at which point TransLink can ask the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation to continue exploring the unapproved project.
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The survey does not state how much the project is expected to cost, but the most recent business plan puts the costs at around $210 million.
The gondola is part of the Mayors’ Council’s 10-year plan and has support from the City of Burnaby.
Once the survey is complete, the Mayors’ Council can approve a business plan and then secure project financing. At that point, if TransLink still wants to go ahead, then the ambitious project can proceed.
The proposed route is from the Production Way Millennium Line Station uphill to the Simon Fraser University campus. The gondola — which would be similar to the Whistler to Blackcomb Peak to Peak operation — could carry up to 25,000 passengers a day.
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