Sadly the deepest blame lies at the feet of our no progress municipal leaders of the past. Al Gleason and Jane Bigelow who famously said when the province came calling to built Highway 100 as divided highway and with 80% of the bill she lead the charge to say NO we don't want the city to grow. Council after council buried their heads in the sand and looked the other way when they could have been setting aside ROW for future expressways and rapid transit because "Hell NO we won't Grow" thinking.
The lack of vision and planning lives on till this day.