01-27-2017, 07:51 PM
(01-27-2017, 07:32 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(01-27-2017, 06:11 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: When I wrote that, I was thinking of closures like King and William and other ION-related closures. Speaking of which, ION also has a double standard for roads vs. trails in terms of quality of detour planning and care taken to minimize closures.
Well that's a reasonable point. But I think while the particular closures might change day to day, or even hour to hour, it's pretty well known that the area is under construction.
And when a major closure like Victoria St. at King takes place, there are signs for weeks. Even King and William had quite a bit of advance notice of the closure.
Yes, that’s what I mean — a major road gets pretty good advance warning, and may even get decent detour signage. Close a major trail, though, and maybe there is nothing, maybe there is some little bit of warning. Same goes for re-routing for the convenience of a developer — try buying properties on both side of Fischer-Hallman and see how accommodating the Region is in re-routing the road around your property. But if it’s the Iron Horse Trail — no problem!