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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I'll be interested to see if there are any plans to do anything with the rail lines through there (from Elbow River to Macleod Trail). Am I imagining things, or is the rail bridge over the Elbow River approaching the end of its life cycle?
It would probably be as simple as a pedestrian overpass at 6 St, but the rail lines feel like a substantial barrier to creating any flow/connectivity between Vic Park and EV. It would be cool if they could sink the tracks, but I'd imagine more likely would be elevating them from a new bridge over the river until 4 St.
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You think things are ugly between the city and the Flames? The argument over who would pay for relocating rail lines would make the arena funding debate look like a spitball fight.... and the cost of building or changing rail infrastructure is staggering.
While I agree that the railway does seem to act like a barrier between DT and the beltline or Vic Park, that is CP's transcontinental main line and those tracks aren't going anywhere. For the money it would take to put them in a tunnel/trench or elevate them we could probably build 3 new arenas.