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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns
I don't believe so - I think it was made wide enough for 2 tracks only. The ROW for the cut though would be widder; at least it seems that way on the HRM GIS, suggesting that should it have been needed; it could be widdened.
If that's the case, you could widen it but it might cause some issues for properties right up against the edge of the right of way. Not to mention potential disruption to the rail service with the equipment necessary to dig it out.
But if you could widen it; then potentially you could seperate the rail and then have a 2 lane wide bus lane - but only up to the point where the track is 1 track - once it was back to 2 tracks; then you'd have to setup a system to stop inbound buses to allow outbound out in the portion that would be one lane.
The other issue is once you get the bus lane in there - where does it come out? Would you take it all the way down to the train station or have it come out sooner?
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You wouldn't have to widen it... the second track has been completely taken up and there is still room between the rockwall and the other track regardless.
I think this could be effective if a test was put in place between Mumford and downtown with simple open pad stations with stairways up to street level. Total investment could be put out to tender and I doubt would be all that more expensive than laying a new street in a subdivision.
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