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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Just like the Peace Bridge, right? It was funded entirely by a one-time grant from the provincial government, but how popular was that with WRP supporters?
I'm 100% for transferring more money to municipalities, but the unpredicable nature of provincial surplusses is not the best way to do it.
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I am a supporter and I like the bridge, but I no longer live in Calgary so my opinion may be irrelevant.
I personally like things like that where the government has spent a bit extra to make buildings/structures look good. It may contradict a bit with a pure fiscal conservative viewpoint but none of us are perfect.
AFAIK the bridge was going to happen anyway and it was still not going to be cheap. everyone fixated on the total cost when they should have been talking about the cost difference between building a standard concrete bridge and one that was designed by a world class architect.