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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I also think it misses a huge opportunity to redevelop inner-city communities in the Center Street Corridor. If the city is serious about building up not out then it would make little sense to build an express line that bypasses commuters from 16 Ave to Beddington.
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I believe the fact that the point you raised is only a secondary issue from a town planning perspective is a massive indicator of how important the operational benefits from a Centre Street alignment are. In contemporary urban and regional planning, you hear a lot of discussion about the importance of the land-use/transportation planning nexus but with the North Central LRT it plays second fiddle. All the savings gained from having a, non-stacked, 8th Avenue subway would be lost if the Nose Creek Valley alignment is chosen; absolutely unacceptable.