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Old Posted Feb 23, 2012, 7:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jsbertram View Post
Good luck trying to get people living in Willow Park, Britannia Altadore, Glenmore Park and Elboya to have a CTrain run through their precious parks and backyards.
They were quite successful in killing the proposed freeways in the 60's and 70's (which is why Glenmore Tr has its current alignment crossing Glenmore reservoir, and why 14th St ends at Glenmore Tr), so they'll be in full battle-cry again if CTrain is proposed for the same 50th Ave alignment.

It may be easier just to have let the CTrain continue south of Mt. Royal skirting Lakeview on 37th St and down to Oakridge, Cedarbrae and Woodbine.

We would certainly be entertained by the spectacle of Money (ie: Lakeview) battling Old Money (ie: Britannia) over preservation of their respective neighbourhoods.

Well, as this is not tabled or proposed in any form by the city administration or , I can only expect a 30 year delay before even the preliminary actions are taken on this route. Assuming people opposing the freeways of the 70s were in their 20s, they would be pushing 50 or 60 now and over 80 by the time this could possible become a reality. Due to the influx of infills and young people in all the areas around this route, the old money would be losing some of its staying power.
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