IanO
Senior Member
Slippin'
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Greatest dodged bullet of a project
- Thread starter IanO
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Stevey_G
Active Member
METS is undoubtedly our greatest dodged bullet of a project. For anyone unfamiliar with it, it’s worth reading up on.
IanO
Senior Member
It would have been SOOOO easy to get to and from Downtown; probably would have been its saviour.
Stevey_G
Active Member
I'm choosing to take this as sarcasm as it would have obliterated the urban fabric of Central Edmonton, created noise, segregated communities, cost a fortune to maintain, and would have been ecologically destructive to the Valley and associated creeks.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Save what? It appears to be all roadway in "the core" !!
The_Cat
Senior Member
I think it would have been enough to have one north-south route through downtown.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
I'm not disappointed bout dodging that bullet but the flow to downtown would have been pretty different. The primary corridor probably would have been 91st all the way to downtown through the Millcreek. Maybe the downtown would have grown quicker than it did?
IanO
Senior Member
CP Phase 3 and hotel
IanO
Senior Member
Stevey_G
Active Member
Probably not as downtown growth wasn’t constrained by infrastructure factors over the past few decades but more so economic and geographic factors.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
I fail to see why this was a dodged bullet.
IanO
Senior Member
Wrong location, size, design, impact.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
If you say so...
BrettB
Active Member
I still wish they'd finish Canada Place. One of my favourite buildings because it's different - totally a product of its location and unique
Avenuer
Senior Member
What was this proposal? I have never seen it myself.