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Originally Posted by stampsx2
Am i missing something here?
There are 70 houses in lakeview that would need to be purchased and demolished. Let's make it 140 for those of you that are going to argue we need much more space than a single row. At a million dollars house (well over market value ) that adds up to 140 million.
If the band is being offered 500 million and guarenteed land rights, then why are we even considering that route?
Sure, the poor lakeview residents would be displaced but who would refuse to sell their house at a premium price? Is there no room left in or near lakeview for new community development?
There's probably a lot more to it so maybe someone can fill me in.
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The route has to get around the corner at Glenmore/37th. That means the road would have to veer East of 37th, straight through the heart of Lakeview, arc around the corner, take out a bunch of Glamorgan. To make the corner with a 100km speed limit would require significant chunks of Lakeview and Glamorgan. If that route was ever actually done, they would probably save a few houses, by lowering the design speed to 60 or 80 kmh around that corner.
Also, building a narrow ROW road requires more structure to be built than the standard, wide ROW highway. If you don't have ditches, you have to build something else to handle storm water. More retaining a walks would be needed.