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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I really don't like calling lake view NIMBY's in this case, less face it, this isn't a basement suite going in next door that they are concerned about. This is hundreds of homes being levelled. Of course people in Lakeview are going to be concerned about that. That could be a thousand people forced to move from a house and a community that they love.
Not wanting a freeway to go right beside your community = NIMBY
Not wanting a freeway to level a 3rd of your community = not NIMBY.
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Fair enough. I would imagine that there would still be fairly vocal opposition if there was a way to avoid any property losses (impossible, I know) but still border the community with the road.
Honest question: Would it really be 1/3 of the community? Obviously, there would need to be a fairly good radius on the curve to get around the corner of the reserve, but 1/3 seems very high.
And now a bit of a tangent: I wonder to what extent could freeway standards be adjusted to minimize the impact on the community? Could there be a short stretch with reduced shoulders/median to allow for a tighter radius? How about a reduced speed limit to allow for a tighter curve? Elevate one direction over top of the other for the curve (probably way too expensive!)? I know that everyone wants a 110 km/h freeway, but in this particular place, maybe there's some wiggle room?
Also - perhaps some of the curve could be directed north of the existing Glenmore Trail/37th intersection? Maybe share some of the bulldozing between some of the properties on 3 of the 4 quadrants of that area instead of assuming that Lakeview should bear the brunt of it?
Just some random musings...