11-17-2019, 07:24 PM
(11-17-2019, 04:44 PM)westwardloo Wrote:(11-17-2019, 04:03 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: They should just close Lancaster at the tracks to motor vehicle traffic. Either keep a pedestrian/bicycle level crossing or build an overpass just for that traffic. With the new roads being built as part of the highway interchange to the east, and the bridge at Margaret, there is no need for Lancaster to remain as a route for crossing the tracks in motorized transportation.Hmm I don't know about completely cutting off lancaster and Bridgeport from accessing Victoria street. I am sure the people living on wellington would be upset with the increase traffic on an already busy street. Realistically weber separation was about 30 million. So 50million of the 900+million dollar budget isn't unreasonable. I think they will be looking at closing a lot of the level crossings in guelph though.
The Margaret Ave. bridge reconstruction was only $6.5 million. If Lancaster could be a bridge instead of an underpass, I would expect that to be a closer comparable. I'm not sure if the grade on Lancaster would allow that though.