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Originally Posted by bridgeoftea
Saint John never has weird intersections. Simms Corner? Somerset & Milledgeville?
Honestly what a weird decision. Prince William, Canterbury and Germain should be extended into that abandoned empty lot. Which would allow those 3 streets businesses to be able to extended all the way past lower cove loop. Even if you had to include traffic lights or something with the increase of foot traffic, it shouldn't matter. walkability > prioritizing cars. (coming from someone who relies on my own car vs walking/public transport.)
Sad times. Hopefully this will be looked at again at some point and worked on in the future. Took what 20 years for Fundy Quay to get to nearly shovels in the ground. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The problem is, it is NOT abandoned. It is federally-owned land managed by the port. It can't be easily subdivided and cannot be sold barring exceptional circumstances. They can't even lease it for residential construction- must be commercial and
somewhat port related. This applies to everything here:
https://paol-efel.snb.ca/paol.html?v...n&pan=05903651
I'm a big fan of doing things cheap and easy, so lights etc. aren't really needed here. Maybe pedestrian-activated flashing ones across LCL at the bottom of PW. That, plus a single No Left Turn sign, would clear all of this up for like a thousand bucks.
Hopefully the city will at least put a sidewalk in on LCL between Prince William and Carmarthen. It's a mudpit used as impromptu private parking.