The City of Richmond is looking at filling in gaps in the riverfront boardwalk in Steveston.
The city also wants to add more access points from Bayview Street to a future continuous boardwalk that would run between 3rd Avenue and No. 1 Road in the historic fishing village.
If these changes are passed by city council – on the agenda for next week’s planning committee meeting – it would mean both in-stream development applications and any future applications of the affected properties would have to allow for the boardwalk to be built.
Furthermore, the city is proposing adding four more access points from Bayview Street to the waterfront - there are currently only three on this stretch.
The area is currently under the jurisdiction of all three levels of government – the federal government, the province and municipal government.
Two privately owned properties make up part of the gaps without pedestrian walkways along the riverfront – the Blue Canoe restaurant and an adjoining empty lot, which are identified on a city map as "Imperial Oil Site."
