Winnipeg Construction IX

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by cheswick

There was a news story on this not long ago. They’re expecting $1.2B from the federal government. Problem is they only have $400M based on the transit funding which is based on ridership. So they’re $800m short. They’re talking of now building it in stages but the opposition saying if they do that they’ll never actually finish it.

$1.2billion.. Man, good for them. Kenney better get his 🞵🞵🞵🞵 in gear and get some money.

[Ando]

Yes, it’s amazing what different levels of government can do when they work together and co-fund big projects. Alternatively, one could just pick a fight with the feds and see all the dollars fall off the table.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Ando

Yes, it’s amazing what different levels of government can do when they work together and co-fund big projects. Alternatively, one could just pick a fight with the feds and see all the dollars fall off the table.

Ha. So true. It doesn't matter if other cities get funding for major projects while Winnipeg gets left in the dust. What matters is that Pallister wins his fights with the other levels of government, just to show everybody who's boss.

[Winnipeg Grump]

Originally Posted by esquire

Ha. So true. It doesn't matter if other cities get funding for major projects while Winnipeg gets left in the dust. What matters is that Pallister wins his fights with the other levels of government, just to show everybody who's boss.

This.

[bomberjet]

Pallister today fighting with the feds and metis over the hydro line to the states..

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by EdwardTH

Sounds like the solution here is to have some sort of paid "premium" parking for those who want a little more breathing room, rather than having 5 empty rows of wasted space in every lot in town. Pay a small fee, get an extra wide spot for your precious ride. No reason everyone else in society should have to provide a bunch of dead space for your personal use.

So you are blaming me for extra large parking lots everywhere?

[esquire]

The point is that parking lots are generally much bigger than they have to be, given that many have spots along the outer limits that probably don't get used for years at a time... unless Riverman parks there.

[DavefromSt.Vital]

Hyatt House Winnipeg Southwest now added to the Hyatt website:

https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/canada/hyatt-house-winnipeg-southwest/ywgxw

Opening "Summer 2019"

Hyatt Place Downtown? Not so much.

[Hecate]

Parking lots are generally the size they are needed to be. Everyone forgets about the holiday season. This doesn’t mean parking couldn’t be more efficient, think Metrotown in Vancouver. The entire mall has underground parking beneath so you don’t need to use up as much land for parking. Mall, Walmart, and other big box parking lots are already hell to begin with during most of the months November and December. Could you imagine if they shrunk the lots?? Ha ha ha.

[esquire]

364 days of wasted space to accommodate the last Saturday before Christmas shopping rush?

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by esquire

The point is that parking lots are generally much bigger than they have to be, given that many have spots along the outer limits that probably don't get used for years at a time... unless Riverman parks there.

There are a lot of people like me who don't drive washing machines. Many nice cars park on the perimeter of lots to avoid costly and unsightly damage. I care about resale and how I look. Don't you?

[BAKGUY]

Originally Posted by DavefromSt.Vital

Hyatt House Winnipeg Southwest now added to the Hyatt website:

https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/canada/hyatt-house-winnipeg-southwest/ywgxw

Opening "Summer 2019"

Hyatt Place Downtown? Not so much.

I wonder what the hold up with Hyatt Place Downtown is? 138 Portage east had been talked about becoming a hotel for a few years now.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by Riverman

There are a lot of people like me who don't drive washing machines. Many nice cars park on the perimeter of lots to avoid costly and unsightly damage. I care about resale and how I look. Don't you?

Always.

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Always.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by BAKGUY

I wonder what the hold up with Hyatt Place Downtown is? 138 Portage east had been talked about becoming a hotel for a few years now.

takes time to engineer a rehab like that pus zoneing and permiting financing ect

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Riverman

There are a lot of people like me who don't drive washing machines. Many nice cars park on the perimeter of lots to avoid costly and unsightly damage. I care about resale and how I look. Don't you?

I'm not sure that catering to your behavioural quirks is the best way to make planning decisions.

Your comments suggest there is always a supply of unused rows in parking lots... that tells me that the lots are simply too big.

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by esquire

Your comments suggest there is always a supply of unused rows in parking lots... that tells me that the lots are simply too big.

That's not my problem, or yours. When you start paying taxes on said properties, then you have a say. Until then...

[1ajs]

relax u guys its just a parking lot

[cllew]

Originally Posted by BAKGUY

I wonder what the hold up with Hyatt Place Downtown is? 138 Portage east had been talked about becoming a hotel for a few years now.

I posted something in the thread about the Hyatt being one of the 5 in Canada that may not be coming in 2019 according to a travel blog.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

relax u guys its just a parking lot

Exactly. We should be getting outraged over the fabric on bus benches or something important like that.