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Originally Posted by ILoveHalifax
DUH!!!!
Now why would the illustrious councillor want all the crossings in the north end? Could it be because he lives in the south end and does not want the traffic on their streets?
Such special people, wanting to live in a city but without traffic or noise. He will do just about anything to avoid hi-rises in their area as well.
It makes no sense that everybody drives to the north of Dartmouth every morning and nobody drives to the south and they all cross to Halifax that has everybody driving south every morning and nobody driving north. We could widen the 111 similar to the 401 to accommodate and then they can crawl down Robie or Barrington single file.
Does the illustrious councillor have a conflict of interest or has he gone mad?
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So if anything, what we should be doing is distributing employment areas a bit better so people aren't all driving to/from the same places every rush hour. There's no reason everyone in Dartmouth needs to work in Downtown Halifax (and in fact they don't...). Or we could encourage employers to stagger their work days.. Or we could add more ferries... there are probably dozens of solutions that would be less destructive and much much less expensive than building a 3rd harbour crossing. Building a Windsor St. Exchange - South would be the worst thing to happen to the Peninsula since Cogswell and/or the original Windsor St. Exchange...
I would absolutely support a NWArm bridge if:
- It has minimal effects on the navigability of the NorthWest Arm
- It is primarily/only for pedestrians and transit
- It comes with a master planned, transit-oriented development on the other end.
I'd actually prefer to see a gondola (as in Whistler, not Venice) across the NW Arm rather than a bridge, personally.
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