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Old 11-15-2016, 12:53 PM   #2814
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Originally Posted by Regorium View Post
This garbage happens all the time, and it's extremely frustrating. Especially when people like Rick Bell are the ones being complete hypocrites and they can't see it.

The original design called for a crosswalk across memorial at the bridge as well. However, it was stopped by NIMBY and cost cutting and "people will walk 600 meters out of the way to the next crosswalk."

Now, four years later, people understand that there's a problem with jaywalking and all that, and the media (and critics) are wondering why there wasn't a crosswalk there in the first place.

Fact is, there WAS. But the media themselves, and the critics of the peace bridge themselves, were the ones that forced the city's hand in making a poor decision. Basically the city has to let these people see firsthand what they are asking for, and basically obtaining "social license" to do the right thing. Ugh.
And then the solution was to put another crosswalk on the other side instead of just making a single one at the bridge
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