{"id":2892,"date":"2012-07-25T14:14:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T21:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.justasonmi.com\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2022-11-17T02:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T02:21:06","slug":"city-of-vancouver-residents-not-yet-sold-on-plans-for-the-georgia-and-dunsmuir-viaducts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.justasonmi.com\/?p=2892","title":{"rendered":"City of Vancouver residents not yet sold on plans for the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver, B.C. (Jul 25, 2012) \u2013 When it comes to plans for the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, Vancouver residents are not expressing strong support for their removal or plans for the area after they are gone.<\/p>\n

The plurality (44%) are against<\/strong> their removal, including over one-in-four residents (27%) who are strongly against<\/strong>. About one-third (34%) of residents are in favour<\/strong> of their removal, although just one-in-ten (11%) is strongly in favour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Downtown area residents (including West End, Coal Harbour, Yaletown and Gastown) are significantly more likely than residents from the East or West sides to be in favour<\/strong>. One-half (48%) of Downtown area residents are in favour<\/strong> of the removal of the viaducts, including 25% who are strongly in favour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Politically, Vision Vancouver supporters are more likely than others to favour<\/strong> the viaducts’ removal (45%). Thirty-two percent (32%) of Vision supporters are against<\/strong> their removal. Similarly, residents who approve of the mayor’s performance are more inclined to favour the removal of the viaducts (51% favour; 28% against).<\/p>\n

More specific plans for the land around the viaducts improves favourability somewhat, to levels approaching half, but nowhere near majority territory. Three-in-ten (31%) continue to dismiss and a further 21% are undecided about plans for the viaduct area.<\/p>\n

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Research Notes<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

These are the findings of a Justason Market Intelligence online poll of 413 adult residents of the City of Vancouver. The research relied on Justason’s online panel. Data in this non-probability sample were weighted to match the regional distributions and demographic characteristics (age and sex) of the City according to the most recent census.<\/em><\/p>\n