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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
^indeed. hence my comment (they do suck the soul out of the immediate areas...unless you consider the banality of fast food chains, gasoline retailers and shopping to be full of soul). of course, you don't have to agree with my assessment. of course, I see the benefits of an efficient expressway system. But they are disproportionate to the population in Quebec city, and I imagine, thus a disproportionate drain on resources. Freeways are fantastically expensive to maintain.
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Well, in the Jean Lesage-Robert Bourassa era this was all meant to be symbolic of the new Quebec. The freeways in Quebec City seemed to spare little but the area right inside the walls.