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Originally Posted by Bunk
Speaking as a developer - I'd love to see further changes in the residential (and especially collector) road standards for new neighbourhoods. Narrower carriageway is cheaper to build. Or at least I can put the spending into space that actually creates value for the community such as street trees instead of excessively wide pavement that encourages people to speed through the neighbourhood. There's a good reason why homes on collectors are less valuable than those on quieter and lower speed streets.
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This actually makes a lot more sense than 'wont someone please think of the children.'
Of course pandering to developers isnt a great political strategy either, but at least it makes more sense.
But then why change the speed limits on the roads we already have that dont appear to be a problem?
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