Ottawa is strange. When it comes time to build public transit, we build it where nobody lives, because that is where we have the rights of way (witness the transitway).
Then when it comes to building expressway, some think it would be best to build them right through communities.
The trend should be the opposite -- build public transit where people live and build expressways away from communities.
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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
To be fair, not many people lived beyond St. Laurent Blvd. in 1960 so what would have been the justification for building the bridge at that time? There has been a plan for an east end bridge since the Greber Plan and the Aviation Parkway corridor had been approved by the region since the early 1970s.
Yes, a truck tunnel will get rid of trucks on downtown streets but it does not improve the connectivity of the city which will get worse and worse as the city continues to grow.
A truck tunnel also converts an interprovincial problem into an Ottawa problem. It lets Quebec and Gatineau off the hook and maybe even the Feds. This has become the easy way out but ultimately Ottawa and Ontario taxpayers are going to end up paying more.
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