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Originally Posted by Djeffery
So, we are going to strip Richmond St and Oxford St bare of houses and build apartment buildings, I guess?
Why do you want opponents to come up with alternate ideas, but then limit what those ideas are? What incentive is there for people like me who live south of Oxford and west of Wellington in the BRT forgotten zone to stop using our cars?
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I never said I was against road widening or expressways to help cars out. I said I don't want to hear those alternative ideas from the NIMBYS because this city lacks all of it. I have lived in the southwest and driven to the extreme north east and have never driven through the downtown on that drive. Always 402 - 401 - VMP. So everyone knows I rarely take transit however I am for whatever helps the city grow. We need Wonderland Road widened, rail bridges, Northern expressway to KW and onramps for VMP. That's all probably just over a billion dollars with rapid transit included. Which I don't think is a lot in todays dollars spread out over 15 years for a growing city our size.
Also yes at Oxford and Richmond I do believe there will be apartment buildings or some sort of business's set up along the corridor over the next 50 years regardless if rapid transit happens. No one looks 30-50 years ahead that is complaining. If you don't widen the Richmond for rapid transit you will widen it for cars. Either way its getting widened in the next 10-20 years. Either way the trees are coming down. So please share your alternative idea to help everyone out. We need to move people around better in this city if we want it to grow which the majority of people does especially if we want a healthy city. We need a mix of options.
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