VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Aquarium will have to wait until the fall to find out if their expansion plans will be given the go ahead.
Monday night, the Vancouver Park Board decided they want a technical review of the expansion plans completed first, so that information can be part of the public consultations. The aquarium says the park board is only delaying the process.and this may ruin their plans altogether. Now, the public can have their say on the aquarium, that will take place on September 11th. The Vancouver Park Board also voted to review its bylaw on no whales and dolphins in captivity.
The aquarium wants to enlarge the facility by 34-hundred square metres or half an acre. The expansion will cost $70-80 million dollars to complete. This means by the time the 2010 Olympics are here, the aquarium will be more than 25 percent larger, than it is now.
Tuesday July 11, 2006