[SeeGeeWhy]

You're right, Jiri. It's not just the weird never ending sidewalk improvement project. You've got dozens of other infill and multi-family/mixed use projects going up in the same area. None of it is co-ordinated, it just goes as the developer progresses. So you'll have projects ripping open stuff done by the city mere weeks prior, or multiple projects opening up the road to tie into services at the same time which causes the "traffic control" area to grow geometrically on any given day.

My wife lived in the area when I met her, we've stuck with her dentist since despite not living there. Book the kids appointments months in advance. Show up 30 minutes in advance only to find all four of the roads surrounding the building were shut down. We had to park 6 blocks away and walk through rain to get there. Wonderful times.

Wouldn't surprise me to learn the utility upgrades get justified as more units get jammed in the area, making it a self-perpetuating cycle of densification that doesn't stop. This isn't about one or two small businesses being forced out.

That block you're referring to with the gym and everything is subject to a proposal by Truman and Co-op to put two 19 storey towers and a grocery store there (440 units + 660 stall underground parkade capacity). The current cap on height in the area is 6 storeys.

People ought to accept this area is just going to remain in permanent construction mode forever, and treat it accordingly. What's the point making walking and biking infrastructure more accommodating to pedestrians if towers and utility work is ALWAYS going on? Poor planning.