Northeast Coquitlam Area Plan
Location
Northeast Coquitlam, BC
Canada
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Certifications & Awards
Project Team
- Owner: City of Coquitlam
- Planner: Ekistics Town Planning Inc.
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Summary
Key Sustainability Features
- Integrated watershed management planning foundation
- Protection of lands within ALR for agricultural uses
- Restoration, enhancement and protection of sensitive areas and habitats
- Reduced impervious land coverage
- Ground-oriented housing
- Approximately 45% (3,400) multi-family housing units
- High densities within 10 minute walk of village centre
- Affordable/special needs housing in each neighbourhood
- Mix of transit-supportive land use and densities
- Fine-grained, walkable street pattern
- Traffic-calmed streets
- Neighbourhood designed around natural features
- Parks and natural areas within five-minute walk of residences
- Direct transit link to Regional Town Centre
- Dedicated pedestrian and cycling routes
- Transportation network accommodating cars, transit, bicycles and pedestrians
NECAP is divided into a series of neighbourhood plans that are governed by the overall development concept. The neighbourhood plans are also guided by a series of integrated watershed management plans which integrate broad watershed management goals into specific land use and servicing regulations and guidelines.
One of the notable development concepts is the protection of environmentally sensitive areas and lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The neighbourhood plans express this concept in greater detail by indicating environmentally sensitive areas and agricultural lands and targeting them for protection.
The plan for the development of the urban village emphasizes several features: walkability; a mix of transit-supportive land uses such as employment, shopping, education, social, and recreation; a mix of transit-supportive densities; and higher residential densities (8-10 units per hectare) within a ten minute walk of the centre. This concept is also laid out in greater detail in the neighbourhood plans.
NECAP also includes a comprehensive community energy planning strategy addressing land use, transportation, site planning, and building design and energy supply.
NECAP aims to avoid the types of suburban sprawl that have affected many communities. For that reason the plan includes a transportation network that not only accommodates cars but also the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and transit. A diverse mix of housing types and densities, which provide a variety of affordability options in a compact area, is also proposed in the plan.
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Density: 7,500 residential units
Projected population: 24,000 people
Comercial area: 16,250 m2
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