Key Sustainability Features Urban greenway integrating recreational, ecological and sustainable transportation components Innovative civil infrastructure - traffic calming, stormwater management, urban forestry, naturalized landscapes, alternative transportation  The Green Necklace project is a 7 km long urban greenway that encompasses the Central Lonsdale district in the City of North Vancouver. Originally conceived of as part of the City of North Vancouver's 1907 town plan, the Green Necklace is part of a city-wide Greenways Plan developed in 2002 to integrate recreational, ecological and sustainable transportation components throughout the city. The Green Necklace builds on existing infrastructure to link components of the City's park and open space system in a continuous network of recreational and ecologically planned spaces providing safe, alternative transportation routes.   READ MORE