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Originally Posted by bomberjet
Ya i kinda figured. So how come you think the east CPT extension was a bad idea? I don't think it will be fully utilized until CPT is extended to CentrePort. And even further more to the east perimeter. I know of people who are just begging for the west extension. Other people say use the perimeter. Just not the same when you need to drive an extra 10 mins in traffic to get to the perimeter, plus another 10 mins getting back in.
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The problem I have with CPT Extension, either way, is that: it promotes sprawl by cartering to the automobile (no bus route scheduled to go from Main to Lag that I have heard of), it creates a net loss in operational budget for the City of Winnipeg (the amount of money that is needed to upkeep the extension is more than the tax revenues that would be created from new housing starts as a result of the extension), and it creates a net decrease in Provencial revenues (the increase in GDP for the province wouldn't generate the tax revenue to upkeep the extension either).
When the City agrees to build these (even when it is with funds from the Build Canada Fund), they are losing out because it makes it easier for people to live in ESP, Birds Hill, or WSP -- and with the Western extension Stonewall, etc. and still commute downtown for work.
If you want to read my piece on it it's in the Uniter.
http://uniter.ca/view/8500/
Those are my main points, none of which are the design.