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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I've said it before, the Tunnel isn't just for Airport access, when all of the Area east of the airport and inside the ring road is developed, CHB alone will not be able to handle the traffic. 50,000 residents going through a large industrial park to get to Deerfoot? CHB doesn't have room set aside for interchanges, nor should it. And not just from Deerfoot to Stoney NE, I would guess from Harvest Hills Blvd to Stoney NE.
I think not building the tunnel might cost just as much down the road due to the infrastructure upgrades required on CHB, ( and likely McKnight too), plus we would end up with a completely useless 96th Avenue that doesn't connect to anything east of the Airport.
Plus, there would be no future crosstown LRT route that would stop at the Airport. Plus there's a large industrial area being developed that isn't nearly as nice, because it isn't as accessible.
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I don't get it. The proposed tunnel is on Airport Trail. The same airport trail that borders on the far north side of Saddle Ridge, which is the furthest NE community. CHB is a mere 1.5 miles north of that. Why spend $150 million or $1B in 10 years for such a frivolous shortcut, for so few people?
First of all, the shortcut doesn't exist right now, so what's the difference? Secondly, sorry about not shaving 10 minutes off your commute to the airport, NE, the rest of the city has to battle Deerfoot to get to the airport.