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Originally Posted by biguc
Seriously, though, the easiest answer is to build a 400m, 4-lane tunnel between Donald and Pembina, under Corydon. Turn Corydon and Osborne back into a normal, urban intersection. Widen the sidewalks on Osborne, add bike lanes, make it an actually nice street.
Basically, make it unreasonable to travel by car between Pembina and downtown via Osborne because the midtown bridge is easier and Osborne has better things to do than be a traffic sewer.
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And how would we pay for this $500 million luxury? That area generates $10 million/year in property tax. Even if this massively increased the vibrancy and beauty of the area, doubling the assessment base over night, it would take a minimum of 50 years for that project to pay for itself.
This is why we can't have nice things. Infrastructure costs are too high and taxes are too low relatively speaking.