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Originally Posted by Caliplanner1
I see your point....but the at grade (cargo) rail infrastructure is a real drag on the health/safety and aesthetics of the New West waterfront.
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Instead of sinking the train tracks, they really should construct a simple concrete structure over most of the train tracks with retail along the edges of the structure and park space or condos above to offset the cost.
If you look at the older condo towers built with their backs to the tracks, it appears as if the parkades were designed to attach to a future structure, whether they anticipated the tracks to be covered or removed completely to build more condos.
If they covered the tracks it would do wonders to diminish the shunting and other sounds while they could at the same time install roof air cleaners for the trains as they pass underneath, making the air in the area cleaner too. This structure would also make the transportation of hazardous materials through the area safer as right now it's waiting to be the next Lac Megantic... I'm surprised the alarm hasn't been raised over this issue alone.