02-07-2017, 12:48 PM
(02-07-2017, 11:42 AM)Markster Wrote: This is a pie-in-the-sky vision.... construction wouldn't start for over 15 years at least, and I don't expect to see anything like this be the actual design in the end.
Absolutely long-term, but I wouldn't call it "pie in the sky". GTAA does long-term strategic planning; the current master plan runs from 2008 to 2030, and I would expect to see an update of that plan relatively soon, running out to 2040 or so.
The big difference with, say, a Waterloo Region master plan is that GTAA is in control. It not only owns most of the land in question, it funds the development and does the construction, without a dependency on getting private developers on board. So once they zero in on a plan, it has a high probability of actually getting implemented.