03-21-2016, 06:24 AM
(03-20-2016, 10:10 PM)YKF Wrote:(03-20-2016, 09:13 PM)Canard Wrote: Why would you expropriate a bus terminal to build a bus terminal?
The existing terminal is located on CF's property (I believe). With CF apparently being unwilling to negotiate/cooperate with the Region, expropriating the existing bus terminal lands would make CF's position less of an issue, as the Region would own the land. Since the Region doesn't own the bus terminal, they're at CF's mercy.
Exactly. Expropriate it, then change it to whatever the Region wants.
Which really ought to involve a large structure that allows moving between LRT, buses, and mall without getting rained on. Hey, we even have such a structure temporarily set up!
Given the ambivalent-at-best attitude of the malls towards transit in the past, I have previously mused about the idea of expropriating both entire malls, building the LRT, then re-selling them (other than the transit terminals) for more than the expropriation price once the land value increase that can be expected from LRT is realized. This one isn’t a serious suggestion for a number of reasons and I think is actually illegal because there are limits on what municipalities can do with expropriation, but I really do wonder why they chose to expropriate Burger King rather than the existing bus terminal.