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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
But what's the deal with the second "iconic" bridge. Is this part of some master plan to "beautify" the river with nifty bridges, or was the second one just sort of tacked on? It kinda seems that way. "What the hell, we're building one, might as well make it two. What's next on the agenda".
My guess is that we'll get the first one, the second will be scrapped. Or ugly.
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Not tacked on. The second is to connect a redeveloping East Village with Bridgeland (all part of the Rivers District). It's about greater connectivity throughout the core of the central city. You can't cross the river east of Langevin Bridge for kms. It will come forward a bit down the line. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, the authority formed a year ago and armed with over $150 million to set the stage for redevelopment (including remediating contaminated land, building new streets, plazas, sidewalks, restoring heritage, expanding the Riverwalk etc), will be managing and paying for the second bridge through land sales in the neighbourhood.
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I think ideally you give one bridge to some hot shot architect like Calatrava or Foster, and the second one you give it some hot shot young, but lesser or un-known, firm who will work for cheaper but also have the drive to put themselves on the map.
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I've heard from the Horse's mouth at CMLC that they DO want to do a design competition for the eastern bridge, rather than simply hand it to someone like Calatrava (which might happen for the Prince's Island Bridge). So that's good.