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Originally Posted by Bownesian
Clearly a +30 would only hurt the Lakeview residents through increased traffic noise but I share your sentiment. It's a democratic result and we need to move on from it.
I'm worried that the City and Province will take the no vote as a rejection of the deal (see the Alberta Liberal Leader's comments) or the route or something and return to the bargaining table. It's too bad but a freeway that runs along the 37th street route seems to be the only option that's left. It's just really ugly to try to put one there given the proximity to the community combined with a tight 90 degree turn from Glenmore.
I think that the reserve will find the expense of building an on-off-ramp to their shiny new casino will be more than they bargained for.
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I think it's time to get out of the denial stage and accept that the SW ring road is never going to happen. These deals with the reserve have fallen through so many times now, how can anyone seriously negotiate with them any more? And cutting over the Weaselhead is a non-starter. The SW ring road is dead, and so is the Stoney Trail extension from Hwy 1 to Hwy 8. The money should instead be spent on developing the "outer ring road" along Hwy 22 and 22X from SW Calgary through Bragg Creek.