07-15-2018, 04:48 PM
(07-15-2018, 04:21 PM)jeffster Wrote: ...they already had an official sidewalk going out to the hydro corridor, then obviously the trespassing wasn't discouraged, rather, it seemed to have been endorsed a little bit. Which makes me think that more of those in charge must have been aware of what the hydro corridor was being used for.
The trespassing wasn't in the hydro corridor itself - that was open to the public like most existing hydro corridors are.
The trespass happened when someone stepped from the corridor onto a business' property. True, this was usually to an open parking area, and often tacitly encouraged; but never official, and never onto public land. And that was the case along the entire length of Fairway from Manitou to Wilson. That's the distinction we have to resolve; any crossing built now must be to a public path (which does not yet exist), that must have land purchased or expropriated in order to exist.