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Originally Posted by Williamoforange
Or did you forget Leiper also opposed the only other possible high density in the area, that being 335 roosevelt ave which was reduced to a mere 14 stories.
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Couple things here. Yes, that has always been one that even I agree Leiper should not have opposed. Worth noting the OMB agreed with Leiper in 2012. Context today though is quite different and I wish Leiper would change his tune on this development.
That said, you seem to forget that Leiper has been in support of a whole bunch of towers up to 40+ floors on Scott, along with other low and mid rise projects in the area. You can't just point to the couple projects he opposed and completely ignore dozens more he approved of.
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Originally Posted by Williamoforange
To put it simply the city spent billions in infrastructure and it should do all within its control to make sure full use of the infrastructure available in this area (large water mains, large sewer mains, storm mains, LRT, power grid, and etc)... The LRT being one of the major reasons.
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The LRT has limited capacity. You know that right. This isn't a subway with capacity for 50k+ phpd. It's tram-trains that could be expanded to 24k phpd with further significant investment.
We have to balance the density to a certain extent to avoid blowing the capacity on any one stretch of the O-Train Line. We can't just build limitless towers at every station.
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