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1ajs · #**321** Posted **May 18, 2009, 8:22 AM**

yes but what do you do with the land contamination...

newflyer · #**322** Posted **May 19, 2009, 2:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

yes but what do you do with the land contamination...

Clean up the area .. and then redevelop the land??

Its not exactly a nuclear waste site ... just a rail yard.. a similar process occured when they prepared the Forks site.

newflyer · #**323** Posted **May 19, 2009, 3:29 AM**

If that rail yard was ever cleared, I'l love to see the Disraili extended all the way out to McPhillips. That could make a very nice parkway going through the innercity, which is greatly lacking. I think the stop and go traffic is due for an upgrade.

1ajs · #**324** Posted **May 19, 2009, 7:31 AM**

not nessarly newflyer..

hexrae · #**325** Posted **May 20, 2009, 1:22 AM**

I've always liked the plan, although fairly generic, found here (See CPR Yards).

1ajs · #**326** Posted **May 20, 2009, 1:31 AM**

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I've always liked the plan, although fairly generic, found here (See CPR Yards).

the shell tank farm if it were ever to close well you couldn't do anything with that site....... btw most of the fuel in the city comes from that tank farm.....

hexrae · #**327** Posted **May 20, 2009, 2:44 AM**

Where is that? How much area does that land cover?

1ajs · #**328** Posted **May 20, 2009, 3:04 AM**

212 panet
http://www.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&ll...38624&t=h&z=15

there used to be a refinery there and bunch more tanks at one point

Biff · #**329** Posted **May 20, 2009, 1:36 PM**

The tank farm out on Henderson is almost as big. Tanker trucks are constantly getting filled up there.

1ajs · #**330** Posted **May 20, 2009, 6:29 PM**

that place is just as bad for pullution and that one is esso...

but yea bothe those tank farms share a pipeline that feeds them so it does not mater were u buy ur gas it comes from the same refinery
theres as a tank farm in gretna that feeds the tank farms here in the city

newflyer · #**331** Posted **May 22, 2009, 3:59 AM**

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not nessarly newflyer..

Ever drive Notre Dame during the day?? There is real demand for improved traffic flow in that area of the city.

..... innercity stop and go is a complete waste of time and really just deters people. A beautified parkway extending the Disraili would make driving through the innercity a much more appealing process, as Memorial Drive does in Calgary, than the current unattractive stop and go snail ride. As the innercity is seeing more and more investment, especially around the HSC, having a parkway linking it to other major routes, while replacing the railyard would make the area a much more attractive location for people and business.

Of course this is little more than fantasy, as I have not heard much about the railyard relocation. Until then ... my ideas will live on Simcity.

jmt18325 · #**332** Posted **May 22, 2009, 4:00 AM**

The rail yards don't connect to the Disraeli though, do they?

1ajs · #**333** Posted **May 22, 2009, 4:02 AM**

i used to go to tec voc new flyer

1ajs · #**334** Posted **May 22, 2009, 4:03 AM**

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The rail yards don't connect to the Disraeli though, do they?

the cp main line goes under the 2nd hump of the disrealie

jmt18325 · #**335** Posted **May 22, 2009, 4:06 AM**

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the cp main line goes under the 2nd hump of the disrealie

Ahh, I see, so the second hump would have to be eliminated then.

newflyer · #**336** Posted **May 22, 2009, 4:09 AM**

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Ahh, I see, so the second hump would have to be eliminated then.

An intelligent city planner could make it work. Its no more complex than Cheif Pegeus Trail extention, or the Charleswood Parkway extention.

1ajs · #**337** Posted **May 22, 2009, 5:15 AM**

couldn't be done with out masive demolition...

newflyer · #**338** Posted **May 22, 2009, 5:25 AM**

Massive demolition would be be nessesary.... if planned out carefully.

... but... cities grow and change ... if the rail yards were to be moved I would be the first calling for longterm planning. Winnipeg's access to an innercity expressway has been long overdue, especially if we are to draw more significant investment to the area.

jmt18325 · #**339** Posted **May 25, 2009, 2:30 AM**

Hey, did anyone catch all the work that's about to be done on the TCH through Manitoba...and this is just part of the money. There will be much more over the next two years.

http://tgs.gov.mb.ca/cts/Tenders.aspx

Roads and Bridges, 2009.

blake10 · #**340** Posted **May 25, 2009, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by newflyer

Massive demolition would be be nessesary.... if planned out carefully.

... but... cities grow and change ... if the rail yards were to be moved I would be the first calling for longterm planning. Winnipeg's access to an innercity expressway has been long overdue, especially if we are to draw more significant investment to the area.

I always thought a freeway should go beside Pembina Highway and connect to where Sterling Lyon Parkway is now...I guess where the BRT is going. Pembina is such a slow route and it shouldn't take as long as it does to travel such short distances in this city.