10-12-2017, 08:38 PM
(10-12-2017, 08:20 PM)Canard Wrote: What may seem impossibly simple to us is likely impossibly impossible simply due to Transport Canada regulations and the fact that it's considered a "Railway" here, and those regulations trump any kind of logic we might come up with.
I'm saddened to read that it seems very little progress has been made on the idea of having a crossing on the Fairway Road Hydro Corridor:
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/761...ce=dlvr.it&utm_campaign=tm
I was by there a week and a half or so ago, and saw that there is an "official" break in the fence at one point, about 1/3 of the way between Courtland and Wilson... which I thought was a good sign.
Re: the UW stop issue, that is a good point, but it is still not credible that they could not have either (a) had a full crossing immediately south of the station (all the way across both tracks) connecting to an east-side pathway or (b) spread the tracks apart far enough to allow the path to go down between them to the E5 crossing. Given the amount of earthmoving they did to build what was actually built the terrain now existing (which I think makes the idea of adding an east side path north of the E5 crossing difficult) is irrelevant.
Re: Fairway, this is ridiculous. We know how to put in a crossing — pick a couple of locations, and install standard protection equipment. Interesting that there is an official break in the fence. If they don’t put in a proper crossing I’ll be interested to hear how much work they have to do to maintain the fence. Neighbourhood self-help action is likely to make the fence maintenance budget extremely high in that area.