Here is my half-baked billion(s) dollar plan:
Trunk and tunnel HWY 1 from Benchlands to the visitor centre turnoff. About 2km. Design it to 2-lanes each way, but a speed limit of 70 kph. Because #### you. Slow down, and recalibrate your speed before you enter the park so 90ish feels good.
Ideally you slap the CPR tracks in there, too, and leave the existing track ROW for passenger rail which let's you put in a bunch more ped crossings and removes the drawbacks of heavy rail through town (you know, the hear of town with the big box stores and parking lots!)
In Monaco they spent like 2 Billion euros to get like 6 hectares of land. My idea will reclaim over 30 hectares of land. And selling all of that land should basically pay for the project.
You build another Main Street (mostly car free) with a bunch of medium density housing. Boom. A bunch more development without increasing the footprint by a single inch. Connects both sides of town better, too.
Also, dig up the cemetary and build some #### there. #### dead people.
There's a little more to it than that, but that's the napkin presentation.
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