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Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo
If the city can find a responsible way to pay for the construction, I'll be 100% on board. Stealing from Paul to pay Peter is not appropriate.
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Just to clarify one point for me- I don't live in the NE; nor do I use the airport more than 3-4 times per year. For me it isn't that there aren't other projects that have been needed longer; because I understand that point. It's about looking further down the road; so that 5-10 years from now there is money available for a different project because we saved money today.
Imagine you want to put in an in-ground sprinkler system at your house; but the issue is the driveway is in your way. You put the sprinkler plan on the 2-5 year plan down the road and start work on your basement instead. Tomorrow you get a notice from the city that they need to do work and will be ripping up and replacing your driveway. Would you not fast-track your sprinklers?
So many projects in this city were done as cheap as they could. Look at the NE LRT- back in the 80's it was going to cost something like $50M to elevate the line. Now that an elevated line is needed it is going to cost 10 times that amount. Factor in inflation and you are looking at 2-3 times the original cost.