05-04-2020, 06:02 PM
(05-03-2020, 09:59 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-03-2020, 09:22 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: I know about the “LRT viewing path” on the west side of Courtland, but I’m having trouble thinking of where the other example is of a fenced-in pedestrian path. Can you remind me?
I'm being slightly generous and including this railing atop a retaining wall on the other side of SLFs fence.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4587058,-80.5164811,3a,75y,164.47h,88.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stgcT-hTfTsxgWpAkjz1_Xg!2e0!5s20190701T000000!7i13312!8i6656
But it wasn't there before:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4587096,-80.5164677,3a,75y,166.87h,88.15t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1b4G7T8JFdwzBrRJNG2Fgg!2e0!5s20090401T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Dan, take a look at the before and after shots, and think about why they built a fence there.
SLF fence was always there, this isn't new. What is new is the retaining wall, built because they had to take away the boulevard strip, which angled towards the King St. In this example, it's not something that is anti-pedestrian, rather, it's a good safety feature and probably one that was required legally due to the retaining wall height.