08-07-2017, 08:55 PM
(08-07-2017, 06:51 PM)Canard Wrote: I had written my post while you were writing yours; I realize now after looking at the thread, it looks like I was taking a swipe at your opinion; I assure you I wasn't!
I agree, it's a big problem to have such a major connector closed... I guess we can think of it like the Grade Separation.
I'm pretty sure though that access to where you're talking about (I call it the "TPSS Viewing Trail", because that's all it's go good for) will be closed with the construction.
Thanks, and no worries … I need to remember to mention the positive side anyway.
As to that trail, I don’t actually know, but my guess is it will be open from the north end, but the rail crossing will be closed, because it seems they’re closing the entire area all at once rather than staging it. It wouldn’t be that hard to keep open the little bit of trail connecting the rail crossing to the creek bridge to the other rail crossing, allowing the “TPSS Viewing Trail” (they should make that official!) to connect to Father David Bauer for most of the construction period. So if I’m right, it will be closed in that it will be useless for transportation, but open in the sense that you can get in and watch the trains go by and go back out by the same route you got in.
Anybody want to start a pool as to which happens first: trail re-opens, or LRT service begins?
Sorry, feeling a bit gloomy that both will be further delayed. But we’ll see.