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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
The value of the land we are receiving is more valuable than the land the province is giving away - even though we are giving away 5 times as much.
And, yes, a bridge option over the reservoir would have been much more expensive. You are talking about a bridge that's well over a km long, you would have to buy up a bunch of property in Lakeview along Crowchild and Glenmore Trail, even more property in Glamorgan, and build an even longer distance of roadway then the approved plan.
We aren't talking about giving the nation a billion or more here, it's just 300 million. That gets eaten up really quickly when you have to start expropriating hundreds of houses, and building roads in a more expensive manner, never mind a ridiculously large bridge.
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The value of the land we are receiving is the same as the land we are giving away. This land becomes 4-5 times more valuable only AFTER the deal is consummated. At present, it is is the TTN's land for park land.
A 1 km bridge is not cheap, yes, but it would not have been more expensive, I am convinced of that. People at the City I spoke to all believed that it was reasonable from a cost perspective. Tunnel would have been more expensive, yes, but again, likely cheaper than the present deal.
I recall a number of 45 homes in Lakeview and similar number of homes in Glamorgan being discussed. Say, a 100. 50M to 100M additional cost, at best. And this would just go into the price of the ROW required. Significantly less expensive than what the Province has agreed to pay now.
And Calgary could have had an architecturally beautiful major scale bridge to be proud of as a city.