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Originally Posted by polishavenger
Not sure if this was addressed by earlier posts (dont feel like reading dozens of pages to find out), but what pisses me off about this decision, is the ridiculous idea of parring down centre street to one lane each way south of mcknight. This will be a major cluster f***. Also, im peeved that the option of doing an elevated section from 16th ave to mcknight was not even considered. Something like the canada line or the section of the west lrt would run nicely along the east side of center street, and enable grade seperated, rapid transit.
I would hate to see the lrt become a damn street car that is bogged down by street level traffic and crossings. that would entirely eliminate the point of this whole exercise.
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Originally Posted by H.E.Pennypacker
These are my two biggest concerns about it actually too .. Anyone have any insight into this?
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This was addressed in the recent package (posted here a couple days ago). When addressing 3 types of community steakholders (transit steering committee, public that showed at open houses, and one more... I think community associations), groups were offered 3-5 choices for each segment of the route and asked which they preferred. The choices range from "narrow" meaning removing a traffic lane, to "wide" meaning maintaining 2 traffic lanes each direction with lrt in the middle, to "tunnel".
All groups agreed that a tunnel is preferable south of 24th I think. Two of the groups prefered "narrow" for the stretch between 24th and McKnight, while the public at the open house prefered "wide" in this stretch. Presumably, the advantage of "narrow" over "wide" is that far less land needs to be appropriated, meaning the LRT would be more integrated as opposed to a barrier. This also means less road capacity, and would cost a fraction of "wide". North of McKnight, all parties preferred "wide".
So, yes, there might be a risk of narrowing ctr street at some point between 24th and McKnight if that is the option citizens prefer. Could save hundreds of millions and not force people from their homes. Traffic on this section of ctr street is also much less than south of there, and less than Harvest. It's our choice as a city how to proceed.
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