LRT would be amazing, but Metro Transit has codified language against any sort of train transport and those against spending are also in that boat. I'd take LRT over the Bayers road widening any day, but it would indeed cost probably 10x more.
Anyway, saw this on Facebook:
Public Meeting on Bayers Road Expansion
Wednesday, September 14 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
St. Andrew's Community Centre
6955 Bayers Road
Halifax, NS
HALIFAX - A public meeting on the proposed Bayers Road widening will be at 7 pm on Wednesday September 14 at St Andrew's Community Centre, Bayers Road, organized by Councillors Jerry Blumenthal and Jennifer Watts. Staff will give an overview of two items before Regional Council this fall: the recommendation to accept the Road Network Functional Plan that includes the planned widening of Bayers Rd and the proposed establishment of a Transportation Reserve Corridor on Bayers Rd that will define the lines where the future widening would take place.
The project would have considerable impact on the existing neighbourhoods (noise, safety, pedestrian movement, and quality of life), the environment (studies have shown many times that road widening increases car usage), parking impacts on the peninsula, impact on the existing road network in other areas of the peninsula, the direction of the Regional Plan to increase residential density on the peninsula (encouraging attractive liveable neighbourhoods), and ability of HRM to financially support sustainable transportation options instead of the considerable amount of money needed to widen roads and their high maintenance costs.
Residents concerned about this proposal can consider the following actions:
Attend the Sept. 14th meeting to learn about the proposed recommendations that Regional Council is considering and provide feedback.
Contact me at
jennifer.watts@halifax.ca and I will forward your comments on to Regional Council
Sign the online petition of the Ecology Action Centre:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/rem...-road-widening
I don't get it... isn't this a conflict of interest to host a public meeting that clearly has a bias against this infrastucture improvement?
This is like 6955 bayers road all over again, instead of a 16 story tower there we got a squat 9 story thing... The concessions that will be made regarding the bayers road widening will likely make it worse than the original plan.
Watts voted against the pedestrian/disability bridge for the Dartmouth bus terminal, the convention centre, etc.
I don't think the use of funds is great for this project... but if we aren't developing any transportation infrastructure OR high density, wtf are we going to do when the whole city is sprawl? I'm not biking out to clayton park anytime soon!