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Originally Posted by finalcoolman
I wonder if a short tunnel under the CP tracks would have been at all feasible?
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I don't think so.
It doesn't just cross the CP mainline, but also the subdivision out to IOCO. That spur is right next to the the overpass where the inlet station is going to be. And right near there is a little bog/creek, that I think the city intends to leave as green space.
You can't go under that spur as to get up to the right level for the station under the overpass you would need to come up right out of that marshy bog/creek. You would need to destroy that little piece of nature, instead of just having a pillar in the middle of it.
I also think that if the spur was not in that location, that building at ground level would also have been disruptive to the environment, and because of the ground condition, much more expensive.
These are some pictures I took a month ago from the WCE. Honestly it is not that high, and quite a fair distance from the exiting condos.
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