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Originally Posted by getbak
The problem with Elbow Drive is that it's a major north-south artery to Downtown that the people who live near it wish wasn't a major north-south artery to Downtown.
Look at some of the houses that are along or just off of Elbow between 58th Avenue and downtown. There are mansions in those neighbourhoods. If they wanted Elbow Drive to be paved with gold, it would be.
Those homeowners have money and influence with the city and they've spent decades doing everything in their power to make driving Elbow Drive into downtown as unattractive as possible. I'm sure they'd ask to have speed bumps installed on Elbow Dr. if they could (they've already had the speed limit reduced to 40 for a stretch).
Allowing the road to deteriorate is a pretty easy Plan B.
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Agreed it's the folks in Mount Royal who benefit the most from that ridiculously long playground zone...Them and the city coffers.
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