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Originally Posted by someone123
People often complain about negativity and defeatism in Halifax unjustifiably, but I think this is a clear case where the city's culture is having a real negative impact on a lot of people.
The city will soon be twice as big as it was when the last bridge was built. A third crossing is needed and it's a realistic project. It can be put off, but only at the expense of longer commutes, lost economic activity, and likely even worse sprawl if people end up moving farther out on the Halifax side because they want to avoid the crossing.
We went through a period of too much highway construction but now the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction. There is still sometimes a need for new roads and bridges. It's also wrong to imagine road and bridge construction as zero sum with respect to transit; most transit in Halifax uses roads! The plan for the third bridge includes a bus lane each way.
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Agree, this is long overdue. Also, wouldn't this qualify for provincial and federal funding?
That said, just about anytime anybody mentions spending money on road infrastructure here there seems to be multiple complaints that it's a waste of tax money because we shouldn't be driving cars or something like that - I'm almost afraid to comment on this topic as I'll be accused being a greedy, lazy 'boomer' who wants everything his way.
Errrr... hopefully a new bridge would have large bicycle lanes!
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