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The Chebucto Road "widening" is a classic example of a sensible traffic improvement blown way out of proportion. They're installing reversing lanes like on Herring Cove Rd that require modifications around Mumford. The budget's something like $1.7M and only a handful of houses are affected, apparently with one being demolished.

Based on the media coverage you'd think the project called for a 10 lane freeway cutting the peninsula in half. Most of the hysteria comes from people who have no clue what this project actually is. Once it's completed people will simply forget about it like they've forgotten about dozens of similar projects around the city that were supposedly going to bring about the end of the world.

Transit's important, yes, but the city's growing and it is totally unrealistic to expect 100% of the new trips to be on buses and ferries. The key is for the city to adopt a balanced approach. Carving the city up too much is destructive but a total moratorium on new road construction would cause a lot of harm to the city's economy and development.