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Joborule · 08-02-2009, 07:11 PM

I don't get what the whole problem is. It's just a bridge. We have LRT extensions and new lines getting built, new highways, roads, and interchanges constantly being built/expanded. We're going to spend far above hundreds of millions on transportation projects year by year, but we get all up on a tizzy of $25 million bridge from a world famous architecture to improve the viability and attractiveness of downtown? Which only cost a small fraction of our annual transportation budget?

Things have greatly gotten blown out of proportions. It's like because of this bridge something that was gonna get built is not going to get built now. Heaven forbid we let a world class architecture make a bridge in our city! We don't welcome them!

08-02-2009, 07:11 PM	#639
Joborule Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta Exp:	I don't get what the whole problem is. It's just a bridge. We have LRT extensions and new lines getting built, new highways, roads, and interchanges constantly being built/expanded. We're going to spend far above hundreds of millions on transportation projects year by year, but we get all up on a tizzy of $25 million bridge from a world famous architecture to improve the viability and attractiveness of downtown? Which only cost a small fraction of our annual transportation budget? Things have greatly gotten blown out of proportions. It's like because of this bridge something that was gonna get built is not going to get built now. Heaven forbid we let a world class architecture make a bridge in our city! We don't welcome them!