The heritage gate and wall from the W. J. Mathers estate near the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is on the move.
The gate and wall for the estate, also known as Altnadene, is being moved closer to the Mathers house during the next two months and will be restored.
"It's a better setting," Jim Wolf, the city's heritage planner, said last February.
He added that the gate is currently right by Canada Way.
"At present it does look rather neglected," he said.
Currently a portion of the gate and wall are buried under three or four feet of fill, he explained, and the gate cannot be restored where it is, because of its proximity to the road.
"We always planned to move it away from the road," Wolf said.
Council approved the project last February, with $175,000 from the city's gaming funds provided to complete it.
The provincial government is also providing funding for the heritage revitalization project, part of the agreement with Burnaby for the Route 1 Gateway Project
Currently, roadwork construction is taking place at the intersection of Canada Way and Kensington Avenue as part of the highway improvement project.
B.C. Ministry of Transportation staff was removing trees from the area on Tuesday.
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