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Originally Posted by FactaNV
Wicked. Gotta start closing those big holes in the network. It'd be sweet to get that pedestrian bridge going too.
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We can dream lol. Haven't heard about that bridge in years. Last I heard, it was in the city council's "unfunded projects" list.
Also, on that note, it pisses me off how the city spends no money on Osborne Village. I ran some numbers last summer and Osborne pays about double the property tax per acre as neighbourhoods such as Lindenwoods, Bridgewater Forest, and River Park South. Osborne Village pays about triple the property tax per acre as neighbourhoods such as Fort Garry, Windsor Park, and Southdale (which includes the commercial strip along Fermor). And what does Osborne get in return? Shitty roads, shitty sidewalks, shitty backlanes, no new boulevard trees, and no imporvements to the pedestrian realm. Osborne has a ton of private development right now, bringing in lots of revenue for the city, and yet the public realm continues to deteriorate every year. Nevermind a pedestrian bridge or God Forbid a bike lane over one of the bridges (Osborne, Midtown, Main). Honestly just pisses me off.
Here are the numbers for anyone curious. Can't remember if I've shared them here before.
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AryG98U0bDtTg3dyVpsK1U7-7flS?e=XVXPRp
And here are the census tracts. They are shown in Google Maps too:
https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/census/2016/
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