06-23-2021, 10:12 AM
(06-23-2021, 09:32 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(06-23-2021, 12:35 AM)Acitta Wrote: I don't think that there is enough room to widen the IHT and the Laurel Trail. The IHT was already just widened. I don't think that we want to remove the trees that make the trail pleasant to be on just to make it wider. It is a shared trail with pedestrians and cyclists mixed, and I don't see it as possible to separate them.
I’m not sure about the IHT, but you raise a good point about trees. A wide trail with no vegetation just wouldn’t be the same.
I don’t understand how you can say the Laurel Trail can’t be widened. To the contrary, there is tons of space to widen it, except for the little bit where it squeezes between the LRT tracks and the CCGG; even there it could be slightly widened by paving the last bits of available space (I’m assuming the twinned section doesn’t need to be widened).
Most sections of the IHT have space as well...while some places might need trees removed, like through Vic Park, there are lots of trees in that area. Other sections already lost all the trees to make it wider, or there is enough space to widen anyway, since the train was double tracked. And we aren't talking about a huge amount of width...it only needs to be 5 meters for a comfortable space for all.
For the laurel trail, even where it squeezes past CCGG there is easily an extra meter of space that could be used closer to the tracks, given the position of the track heater.