04-04-2017, 07:33 PM
(04-04-2017, 05:05 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: On a somewhat-related note, has anybody else noticed that the trees on the other side of the path in the park are about to be cut down? I guess they’re 10cm or whatever over from where the new line of trees between the pedestrian and cycling paths will be so they have to come out.
Creative planning could have kept both rows of trees. Just pave the existing path as the bicycle path and create a second path parallel to the existing path, using the existing trees to guide placement of the new path.
To be fair, this is not related to LRT, it's related to the park trails, which is strictly a city project.
That being said, I don't believe keeping the trees would have been possible, never minding the impact on trees of paving right up to them, there isn't enough room for the pedestrian trail between the trees and some of the buildings inside the fencing. Yes, those buildings could have been moved, but that's far more expensive that simply moving a fence a few feet.