05-05-2020, 09:49 AM
(05-05-2020, 09:21 AM)jamincan Wrote: For what it's worth, this is apparently from staff involved in setting up the walkway:
Quote:This was a requirement of the purchase of property. From a liability perspective, Canadian Tire (ed. likely referring to Part Source) wanted to minimize pedestrian traffic through their parking lot and loading area. Without the fencing requirement, we wouldn’t have been in a position to acquire the land and would likely have needed to conduct an expropriation process. Had the expropriation process been necessary, there’s very little chance that the walkway would be established at this time.
I appreciate that...
Goodness this has been a quagmire. The requirement to expropriate was one of the reasons that taking 5 years to build this might have been reasonable...
For reference, the Margaret St. bridge that was unexpected condemned by civil engineers was reconstructed and reopened within 2 years. The closure of the bridge caused drivers to need to make a 2 minute detour, the failure to implement a pedestrian crossing of the LRT tracks required a detour of almost 10 times as long for pedestrians.