07-05-2016, 04:32 PM
I don't really think an Ottawa Street bridge would be all the useful to anyone except the people living right beside it. Travellers to Guelph are going to still go up to Victoria or the new highway 7, or head down to Kossuth and they might as well use the existing bridges to do those trips, they probably aren't at capacity and won't ever be.
The gravel pit, I think it was called Forwell Gravel, is still active so they'd have to be bought out to build the orange route and I don't think it's really worth shutting down since there is such a high demand for aggregates in this region. The blue route cutting the Safety-Kleen plant in half doesn't make much sense given the levels of contamination there and it would be expensive to expropriate the whole plant.
The Fairway bridge cost 51 million dollars, I think building an Ottawa street bridge would be a huge waste of money for little utility.
The gravel pit, I think it was called Forwell Gravel, is still active so they'd have to be bought out to build the orange route and I don't think it's really worth shutting down since there is such a high demand for aggregates in this region. The blue route cutting the Safety-Kleen plant in half doesn't make much sense given the levels of contamination there and it would be expensive to expropriate the whole plant.
The Fairway bridge cost 51 million dollars, I think building an Ottawa street bridge would be a huge waste of money for little utility.