10-31-2020, 05:28 PM
(10-31-2020, 04:45 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(10-31-2020, 04:42 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I could be being overly cynical, but it seems like getting an exception to building a sidewalk *IS* the standard practice for street construction.
Maybe for re-construction, but what is the situation for newer developments? I just realized I don’t have a good sense of what the policy is for new streets, although I regularly hear about these controversies regarding existing roads. Even Westmount Rd. had people whining about the completion of the west-side sidewalk not very long ago.
Yes, sorry, only for re-construction, new construction seems to usually include sidewalks, I'm sure it's in some standards doc...although only for urban context roads, which is why shit like Highland Rd. and Victoria St. existed for so long.
And yeah, Westmount was an embarrassment. It was more than just whining, the man detailed his decades long campaign against sidewalks....because he feels entitled to park his transport truck (no exaggeration, he parks a transport truck tractor) in his driveway.