09-11-2017, 03:55 PM
(09-11-2017, 12:54 PM)Markster Wrote: Online comments for the GRT proposals are now open:
https://www.peakdemocracy.com/portals/274/Issue_5366
As for R+T Park, it's really the fault of the companies locating there. They're the ones who picked which plot of land to develop. Open Text wanted the choice property next to the creek. They clearly didn't care that it was far from the bus stop (I did that walk once in the winter, and it was not good), and farther from the future LRT station.
In the next 10 years, we're going to see the park begin to orient a little better around the LRT station. Hopefully, some developments are more than just single-use office buildings, and begin to have public lunch spots for the different offices.
Things will also likely improve when Wes Graham is connected to Laurelwood. It will be possible to run an actual bus route connecting Laurelwood to the offices, to the LRT station.
The overall plan could have provided that the buildings should be along the street, with parking behind. Instead they just plunk a building down wherever and use the rest of the property for parking. Also, question, how does the parking provided compare to the parking needed? If there is so much parking that it is never full even at busy times then there is, economically speaking, too much.