Sorry haven't checked SSP in awhile so didn't see your post until now!
I really don't know how much it cost to build the freeway cap park in La Canada. I did not see any ventilation system set up at all because I don't think it's wide enough to be a major issue for cars underneath. You zoom by so fast underneath while driving that there's no risk at all for "suffocating."
Downtown LA's 101 freeway cap park would be a lot longer obviously like an actual tunnel for the drivers underneath. But then again, it may be about as wide as the tunnel underneath LAX (right under the runways) and does that tunnel have ventilation???
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Originally Posted by alki
Brigham, re. the La Cañada freeway park cap that you show on your blog, do you know how much it cost to build and how many blocks is it? In addition, was it necessary to build a significant ventilation system to get rid of car fumes? Seattle is building a freeway tunnel under its DT and ventilating fumes was a big issue.
I always invisioned building parks over the 101[?] between DT and the MacArthur side of DT and building retail along the existing overpasses that opens to both the street as well as to the park side. I thought development of the retail could offset the cost of building the parks.
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