Ongoing Calgarians complaining about pedestrian bridges thread

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Slava

Most importantly though, will it cost less because they don't have to buy white paint? That is the only proper justification for this!

I dunno, I would assume we could've cut color-pigment costs by going all white.

[Ramsayfarian]

Originally Posted by Slava

Most importantly though, will it cost less because they don't have to buy white paint? That is the only proper justification for this!

More likely to do with the costs of applying the white paint. Maybe the LaCaille Group can spring for the paint job.

[Slava]

Couldn't we just get some of the mis-tints at home depot for this bridge? So much for Nenshi being a fiscal conservative!

[CaptainCrunch]

So the inside of this bridge is going to be red as well?

hmmm, insert inappropriate fantastic voyage joke here.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

I really wonder about what the vibe was when the Calgary Tower went up, it was probably hated too I'd imagine, a parking garage would have been much more appropriate?

I don't recall any controversy at all, but I believe it was built by Husky, not the taxpayers of Calgary.

[Stormchaser]

Originally Posted by Slava

Most importantly though, will it cost less because they don't have to buy white paint? That is the only proper justification for this!

At this point any color will be all white with me....

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by redforever

i don't recall any controversy at all, but i believe it was built by husky, not the taxpayers of Alberta.

fyp

[redforever]

Ok, here is my take on this bridge and why many are ticked off.

And ok bigtime, yeah, it was provincial money. But when that money was given to the city of Calgary, and the decision by council was made to build this bridge, I think many Calgarians lost complete confidence in their council that they could identify the top infrastructure needs of the city. Calgary has been playing catch up and will continue playing catch up on its infrastucture needs for decades.

I don't think it is so much the actual bridge, or the design of the bridge, or even the architect chosen for the bridge, but more about the process and not identifying the top infrastructure needs of the city. It is seen as excess in times when infrastructure needs are many.

[yads]

Is pedestrian infrastructure unimportant?

[Table 5]

Oh boy, here we go again.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by redforever

Ok, here is my take on this bridge and why many are ticked off.

And ok bigtime, yeah, it was provincial money. But when that money was given to the city of Calgary, and the decision by council was made to build this bridge, I think many Calgarians lost complete confidence in their council that they could identify the top infrastructure needs of the city. Calgary has been playing catch up and will continue playing catch up on its infrastucture needs for decades.

I don't think it is so much the actual bridge, or the design of the bridge, or even the architect chosen for the bridge, but more about the process and not identifying the top infrastructure needs of the city. It is seen as excess in times when infrastructure needs are many.

Pshhhh, being upset whether they are building it or not is so 2009. Now we get upset about the color.

[4X4]

An out of towner complaining about a downtown footbridge. What's the matter? We didn't build you enough overpasses yet?

[redforever]

Originally Posted by yads

Is pedestrian infrastructure unimportant?

If you are asking me, I never said it was not.

What are the top 10 infrastructure needs in the city of Calgary? If this bridge was one of them at the time the money was received, then council did a piss poor job of relaying that fact to the citizens of Calgary.

Again, citizens lost all confidence in their council with this decision, and it put their discontent over the edge.

[HotHotHeat]

I still don't see why we couldn't have ordered a ferry to get people across the river.

Or a zipline.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by 4X4

An out of towner complaining about a downtown footbridge. What's the matter? We didn't build you enough overpasses yet?

An out of towner who pays business taxes.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

I still don't see why we couldn't have ordered a ferry to get people across the river.

Or a zipline.

I wanted a zipline from the calgary tower to the top of the center street bridge. Unfortunately, council didn't agree and instead blew 25 mil of a stupid foot bridge.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by 4X4

An out of towner complaining about a downtown footbridge. What's the matter? We didn't build you enough overpasses yet?

And by the way, where did I complain? I gave my take on the matter and offered my view as to why this bridge ticked so many off.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by redforever

And by the way, where did I complain? I gave my take on the matter and offered my view as to why this bridge ticked so many off.

Relax. I'm putting about three threads in a nutshell with that sarcastic comment.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by redforever

If you are asking me, I never said it was not.

What are the top 10 infrastructure needs in the city of Calgary? If this bridge was one of them at the time the money was received, then council did a piss poor job of relaying that fact to the citizens of Calgary.

Again, citizens lost all confidence in their council with this decision, and it put their discontent over the edge.

The reality is, most of those people were re-elected, so obviously the small minority who opposed the bridge were exactly that, a minority.

The bridge is being built, deal with it. The only thing we can complain about right now is that the inside isn't going to be a vibrant white colour, but a red. The problem is it will hide bloodstains, making the bridge a magnet for our inner city crime problem.

Down with the red bridge!

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Rathji

The reality is, most of those people were re-elected, so obviously the small minority who opposed the bridge were exactly that, a minority.

Or maybe it wasnt the be all end all issue for most voters. I really doubt its a small minority in opposition.