The thing that is valuable in consultation is that some of the issues in the area might not be properly understood so the assumptions being made are wrong. In the 162nd/McLeod interchange design the shawville/162 issues weren't really being looked at Some modifications to that intersection was a result of consulatation.
The project still goes ahead. The main access and movements doesn't change, no one cares that some people find the crossing over design confusing, but some of the info is reviewed or more data is collected to verify something.
When consultation instead is used to express myopic internal stupidity to disrupt rather than enhance a project it fails.
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