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Originally Posted by Table 5
It's not one thing, but the complete disregard for the long-term always baffled me. Every major decision in this city seems to be done with a myopic short-term viewpoint....you know, like always choosing the cheapo construction option, and then having to go back 5 years later to upgrade and pay twice what it would've cost to do it right in the first place.
It's like this city is being run by an accountant who is replaced every couple of years, thus only cares that the numbers make sense during his watch.
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Came back to reply to this. Perfect example is the 16th Ave/68 Street intersection in the NE. They're upgrading the intersection to accomdate 3 lanes of traffic both ways on 16th Ave from 52 Street to Stoney Trail. The problem is, that intersection is ultimately going to be a interchange, and should be getting done in a couple years, or at least should be. I don't understand why they just don't get it done now and over with so 16th can be freeflow all the way to 19th street by Deerfoot. All the work they've done the past year to make new left turning ramps will be useless farily quickly. This makes it look like they don't intend to upgrade anytime soon, which would be just dumb.