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Originally Posted by bingun
This is my understanding of what they'll do. The King St W and Market Place intersection may need some changes to accommodate it, though.
Maybe I am just being paranoid, but I challenge anyone to walk over it and say that the sidewalk and railings make them feel safe because they don't make me feel safe.
Sadly, I think my thoughts will fall on deaf ears, and I can't see the province stepping up to change it unless major repairs of the bridge occur. |
It would be good for it to finally be connected up with the rest of the Harbour Passage I guess, but again, it’s all a path that already exists, and will cost millions of dollars just so people can have cleaner shoes basically.
The bigger need is better connecting the West Side with Uptown, even if it’s purely done through better transit. Although, better transit (or a ferry) doesn’t help people walk back from the bars at 2:30am, so maybe the focus really should be on a Harbour Bridhe walkway… or a new pedestrian bridge funded by the province but not under the jurisdiction of the dreaded DTI.
I’d rather the city put the money aside for a better solutions for getting between the West Side and Uptown than beautifying this incredibly indirect, already existing route.
For all the millions incorporating these existing trails into the Harbour Passage will cost, we could invest in a bike sharing program to fill up the bike lanes and existing Harbour Passage infrastructure (which I had to admit is getting a little crowded for bikes)
I just have a hard time understanding why the city is considering this extension of the Harbour passage as a priority over much more meaningful investments to better connect the West Side.