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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I live in the area (and grew up here too), and I agree that for the most part the road will not be disruptive to the area and will be a big improvement. And it's funny but the thing people in this neighbourhood are most excited about isn't the road itself, it's the new Costco opening on the Tsuu Tina.
I don't recall there being much opposition to the road road at the planning stage. Most of the concern was over the Weaselhead (which has been borne out - with an 8-lane causeway overhead, the natural area doesn't feel especially natural anymore).
The complaints I've heard around here were over the construction, and how they did the ring road, BRT, and a couple other projects all at once. You know how much of a pain in the ass it was to get out of the area before? Imagine how much more of pain in the ass it was with Southland, 90th, Anderson, and 14st street all reduced to 1/2 or 2/3 lanes simultaneously every day for the better part of two years.
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That area is always under construction, with seemingly no improvement in transportation ever. I still drive down there a lot to visit my parents and that BRT project is definitely an irritant that has seemingly been going on forever. I doubt the need for a tunnel under 90th ave but whatever.
I still say nothing could be worse than the 2005-2008 stretch when glenmore was overhauled. It often happened that backups went all the way down 14th and all the way down 90th to 24th. I could walk down 90th in the morning and pass two 79 buses that ran in 15 minute intervals. Having a ring road would have prevented that.