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Originally Posted by johnnybegaudreau
This is the problem I have had with this whole thign all along.
CSEC have been utterly misleading, completely bone headed and very much a joke with how they've released the information and renderings for this project.
There's a media release link that has all the renderings that they presented to council behind doors back in August It finally was made public after they had the meeting and council agreed to keep looking at Plan B and consider the original plan also,
There's so much stuff that they have packed into this that we have no information on.
SOme of the renderings show Bowtrail next to the river as a tunnel with a walking/gathering outdoor area leading down to a nice fountain right on the river. THat was never shown or discussed.
Media Page with renderings here: http://calgarynext.com/media.php
For example:
Such a disengenuous way of selling this thing. How much extra is burrying Bowtrail gonna cost? where are those figures? Is that included in the 1.3B (according to them) or is that gonna cost more if the city wants to do this right. |
If this project is done in conjuncture with a redux of the Bow/Crowchild/Memorial interchange, I say the city should just pony up and do it. It has to be done sometime, do it all at once. If the Flames pay for the building (which their plan largely indicated they would IIRC), and the city pays for the necessary changes, I'd call it a win for everyone.
Build a great building, clean up the creosote, fix the traffic congestion, and create a beautiful space from what is a pretty down-trodden area at the moment.
A massive infrastructure project like that would be an economic boost to the city in a bad time (albeit, mostly temporary, but so is the oil price).