05-17-2024, 09:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-17-2024, 09:22 AM by Rainrider22.)
(05-15-2024, 09:14 PM)ac3r Wrote:(05-14-2024, 08:33 PM)KevinL Wrote: I still think a full expressway is overkill
Why? This is one of the fastest growing regions in one of the fastest growing countries on this entire planet. We absolutely need to build all the infrastructure we need now, while also future proofing things. We are projected to have something like just under 1'000'000 people living in Waterloo Region by the 2040s, although we are probably going to blow right past that sooner if past projections offer any suggestion what it'll be like. We are going to need a high capacity road (more specifically, a "road-of-way") into, through and out of the core (Kitchener) of Waterloo Region on the main Eastish-Westish corridor.
As a general question to the forum (not specifically KevinL but since I know everyone here hates roads) do you think great cities could exist without them? Without urban highways? Do you think Toronto would be Toronto without the Gardiner? Amsterdam without A4/5/10? Montréal without Autoroute 40? London without M25? Tokyo without Gaikan? Of course not. These cities obviously knew that you need a high capacity route both through and around the area, so they built it. They also always modify and improve them, too.
Too many people on this forum really need to look at the long term macro prospectus...
Ae someone who routinely uses the Gardiner, I can not imagine not having it. It would be brutal without it.