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Originally Posted by fotze
I think its more the appearance that the city bends over forward for the construction/new builds and fatas over the the rest of us who get no discernible benefit from it.
i.e. thousands of people have to tack on an additional 5 minutes each way for their commute because the city chooses to save the construction company $10k on a temporary sidewalk build. Then they ticket people to make money.
That being said do the people with the vests that work for the construction company actually have legal power to direct traffic? i.e. when they start directing traffic can I just (safely) ignore it? Annoying being forced to wait at a light for 10 minutes because they need to move a metal thing in the middle of rush hour. Fata your deadlines, they are not mine.
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Funny, this is two externality posts on this forum in a couple of days.
If you can afford to build a skyscraper in Calgary, you can afford to construct the temporary infrastructure around the construction site to keep the citizens of the city safe.
I'm sure, at one point, those overhead thingies that are supposed to protect you from falling debris were 'too costly' or 'time consuming' or 'unnecessary' as well.
A few years ago, I spent half a day watching skyscraper construction in London. I know, I know, different culture with different demands in a different city yadda yadda, but, the amount of effort that went into minimizing negative effects on the surrounding non-building site were incredible.
Then you walk around downtown Calgary and it's like Beirut in some places.