02-09-2021, 04:55 PM
(02-09-2021, 08:04 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(02-09-2021, 03:08 AM)trainspotter139 Wrote: the River Rd. extension is already going through environmentally sensitive land. not putting the LRT in the middle of River Rd. would almost certainly cause even more disruption or destruction of environmentally sensitive land.
Why? It takes exactly the same space. Less depending on river roads land configuration.
The plans for the River Rd. extension includes a centre median in that area that is wide enough to fit the tracks in without having to do any extensive construction. They are essentially building the road to fit the future LRT doing all but the surface track work so that all they need to do is remove whatever they put as the median and put the tracks in. They are doing the same thing with the King St. rebuild they are planning from the 401 to the Freeport Bridge.