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Originally Posted by bobmcmu
First, some answers: not pissed off, from this century, raised in the amazing metropolis of Toronto and do not live near Fountain St. Just a regular citizen who has participated in the frequently failed transportation process for Cambridge. I think that the point has been missed: why build greenfield subdivisions, brownfield infill housing, and industrial parks IF YOU DO NOT FIRST PLAN for transportation? You cannot produce a long term transportation plan that Cambridge Council has approved ..... does not exist.
Also,compare the date of the newspaper column reporting the response from Cambridge planners and with the date of my presentation to Regional Council .... knee jerk reaction comes to mind. "Planning is politics and politics is planning". btw, in the city comments, identify one long term planning initiative taken from a Cambridge network plan, and not a Regional or Provincial plan?
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Hey, nice to see how quickly you found this forum. Welcome aboard!
I agree with you about transportation in Cambridge. It's an absolute mess on so many levels. Your example is one of many. Have you driven on Franklin Blvd lately? I'm always worried I'm going to blow a tire there because of all the potholes. North/south traffic is miserable because we never planned ahead to put in a north/south highway connecting to the 401 (or even the highway 8 by-pass on the west side that was scrapped). And Cambridge had the opportunity to do this early on, since it was an amalgamation community that had plenty of open land. It's too late now.
If you think you have it bad right now in Preston, you should check out how North Hespeler is going to unfold in the next couple of years. Ever been on Blackbridge road? Well, you're going to have hundreds of cars driving on that road every day soon. Many will drive to Townline via Blackbridge and it will be fun, since the bridge that crosses the Speed River can only fit one car at a time. Others will crowd up Guelph Avenue heading south, congesting more residential areas, and downtown Hespeler. And there aren't even any commercial services planned for the subdivision, so no trips will be contained in the area. Absolutely rediculous...
So what do we do about this? I don't see growth stopping anytime soon, so what's your solution?