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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
thanks ynat.
so relatively speaking, there is no additional cost of building the tunnel over upgrading country hills, which would be required if there is no tunnel. so we build the tunnel, it becomes a 3rd way to get top the airport and we get a row for a future lrt at no extra cost over a beefed up chb. if this is accurate, why the hell are people against it?
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Not only is there no cost, but it saves a significant amount of money, enough to build a couple of interchanges elsewhere. And, like the city says in its report, it works better with the future NE road network, it allows CHB to remain the "urban boulevard" that it is planned to be, plus it maintains the future LRT connection. Plus it can act as a backup to Deerfoot, plus it creates a decent east/west connector that doesn't exist North of Glenmore Trail and south of Stoney Trail.
People are against it because $500 million dollars sounds like a lot of money, and for many of them, they won't use it. I still think more people will use it than they know (It will be the quickest way to the airport from anywhere just North of the 22x, or anywhere south of the 22x, anywhere south of Calgary, and anywhere east of Calgary).