Moving To Port Moody, BC & Living in Port Moody 

This was very helpful for me thank you so much!

To say there has been push back from the Port Moody massive about all this development is a serious understatement. A couple of things that weren't mentioned in this video but are worth bringing up.... - Schools: Port Moody Elementary is being replaced by a larger new school currently being built and should be opened in 2025 or so. Sounds great. Unfortunately it is already full and will not be able to accommodate anywhere near the population forecast in this video. You can move here but don't expect that your kids will get into the local schools. - Hospitals: Their is a general hospital in Port Moody. It is old, understaffed and FULL. A friend of mine recently spent 2 days in emergency because there was no bed available. This is a bigger issue than just Port Moody, however I can only imagine how bad things are going to be in a couple of years with this increase in population. Don't have an emergency. - Traffic: Port Moody is fast becoming a major log jam during rush hour. This was not the case when I moved here 8 years ago. But with the added population in recent years to Port Moody and surrounding areas it is becoming a serious issue. If you think that the Sky Train is an easy fix to that problem guess again. Trains are getting jam packed before they hit POMO station so don't expect to get a seat and with the coming population boom be prepared to wait for multiple trains before you get through those doors. - Parking: There is little to no parking in Port Moody and unlike the tons of development, there is no plans to add more parking. - Cost of buying a new "home" in one of these developments: From what I have seen so far the prices are varying. In one dev the starting price is at $800K, but another one I see has units starting at $500K. These are for sh!th@le appartments! What a joke. - Fact Check: In this video he mentions that it takes 45 min to drive to downtown Van during rush hour. Not sure what he's driving but for everyone else expect at least one hour of traffic. 45 min is about right for during work hours and the very quickest I have ever managed to do it is in 35min. That was after 10pm. Also those times are to central Port Moody and not to Belcarro or Anmore. Add on 15 - 30 if you live out there. Port Moody really is a great place to live but honestly I don't think the development plan has taken into account a lot of factors such as infrastructure to support a substantially larger population. I fear that the developments will turn a very special place in Vancouver into yet another sky rise hell, copy and pasted from the other nightmares already built in other Vancouver suburbs that used to be nice places to live. Real Estate agents and developers will have a field day while everyone else will watch what was once a beautiful town with character turn into another sh!tH@le. Sloooow clap.

Do you have any info on timelines for these projects like when they will begin construction or estimated completion dates?