02-03-2018, 09:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2018, 09:14 AM by panamaniac.)
(02-03-2018, 08:07 AM)jamincan Wrote: There are a few things outside of Auburn's capabilities, but that would improve the development and overall neighbourhood a lot.
First, it would be nice if Kent was extended to Heiman somehow. It would offer a nicer alternative to Ottawa for crossing the tracks for people in the neighbourhood immediately west of the site, and the development will be offering quite a few retail amenities that would be benefit from the access.
Second, it would be nice if the City of Kitchener took this opportunity to fully develop a few greenways. Properly connecting the Shoemaker Creek Greenway between Meinziger Park and the IHT with a MUT would be an important link, which the development would open up, in part. A second link from the IHT up at Madison down to this development would also be nice. I'm pretty sure that a trail could fit under the Stirling Bridge next to the tracks.
It would take a bit of expropriation to fit both greenway and a road into the gap, along with the cost of an underpass under the railway, but it could be done. The downside, I suppose, could be a big increase in traffic on Heiman and Pattandon. I think if it were me, I'd be satisfied if the pedestrian access were restored.