{"id":33258,"date":"2021-01-19T07:28:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=33258"},"modified":"2021-01-19T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T15:32:49","slug":"afro-caribbean-community-excited-over-colwood-mayors-gondola-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/afro-caribbean-community-excited-over-colwood-mayors-gondola-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro-Caribbean community excited over Colwood mayor\u2019s gondola vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the Afro-Caribbean community in Victoria were excited by Mayor of Colwood Rob Martin's announcement on Jan. 1 that there could be a gondola ride installed from the Westshore to downtown Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is currently proposing that the gondola be built in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colwood.ca\/news-events\/news\/colwood-in-the-news\/colwood-mayor-pitches-10-acres-gondola-parking\">the 10-acre lot behind the new Royal BC Museum gallery on Metchosin Road that is owned by the city.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commute by road usually takes between 14-30 minutes, depending on traffic along on the 7.3 mile stretch via the Trans-Canada Highway.<\/p>\n<p>CFUV spoke to a few Colwood residents about their thoughts on the venture and, overall, they seem to think the gondola will be a positive addition as a tourist attraction and method of transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Nancy McWilliams told CFUV the commute would get her to work faster in the mornings:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33258-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nancy-on-Gondola.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nancy-on-Gondola.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Nancy-on-Gondola.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another resident, Thelma Nnamudi, says even though she is scared of heights, the launch of the gondola could prompt her to overcome her fears:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33258-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thelma-on-Gondola.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thelma-on-Gondola.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thelma-on-Gondola.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the Afro-Caribbean community in Victoria were excited by Mayor of Colwood Rob Martin&#8217;s announcement on Jan. 1 that there could be a gondola ride installed from the Westshore to downtown Victoria. Martin is currently proposing that the gondola be built in the 10-acre lot behind the new Royal BC Museum gallery on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":33260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,2602],"tags":[5109,5108,5110],"radio":[1421],"origine":[280,261,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33258"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=33258"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=33258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}