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Originally Posted by Stormer
Or you get something highly functional without the bells and whistles you maybe cant afford. So far the Regina Bypass looks awesome and its on time and on budget.
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Perfect. It's not about bells and whistles. Chief Peguis Trail in Winnipeg for example. We've discussed before. The pavement is up and down all over the place. Specs for ride quality were not included. So they lumped in the gravel, finished 1 year ahead of schedule. Now the road is terrible. Sure it's a road that you can drive on and it's gets you to the other end. But it's not in very good shape. They'll maintain it for 30 years and give it back in "like new condition".
Disraeli in Winnipeg has turned out fairly well.
Southwest Transitway is a mixed bag. The transitway itself should be fine. The rest was trimmed and cut. We'll see how it turns out. Cost was re3dcued from $590MM to $400MM due to innovations during bid pursuit. Changing a tunnel to a bridge. Things like that is where the magic is.
Purely looking at the model of having private businesses pay up front, it's the way to go.