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Old Posted Oct 19, 2009, 3:04 AM
deasine deasine is offline
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The point is, you don't have to tear down the viaducts to "improve the quality of life." Residential can work in this plan because the speed of the cars have been reduced with the addition of two traffic lights. Not exactly clear in the plan, but you can see it. When Spectrum was completed, CoV added a new intersection traffic light on the Georgia/Dunsmir Viaduct.

I would add that Concord Pacific should be developing this area along with their lands in the NEFC area so that the two areas can be fully integrated. Moreover, the CoV can set the terms and deals: Concord can develop more land and have more apartments, but Concord must also build the office overhang (think Aberdeen Mall Expansion) in addition to paying for the StreetCar OMC. This is an innovative idea that has worked in other places: when the Hong Kong Gov't built the MTR, they let developers build apartments right on top of the OMC, getting money out of it.

Mmm... forgot to add "Glass Roof" is literally a Glass Roof plaza, replacing our already-gone Plaza of Nations.

Honestly though, the CoV has more important things to do than spend money to tear down two viaducts. I can't imagine why we would be doing this when we have a billion other problems.
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