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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Of course it can. It is limited to service areas adjacent to the waterside. Not everyone lives or works in such areas. Other modes of transport have no such limitation and this are far more practical. Then you have the discomfort and unease many have with being on a boat of any sort, added to the usual chop and wave action in our bad-weather days. Buses don't need seasickness bags.
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Not only is the ferry in what will become a very dense community it would also be serviced by buses (existing and commuter routes), the extensive trail system in the area and some form of Park 'N Ride. As for seasickness that would be minor problem at worst. A high quality boat would have the same rate of this as the existing ferries and it would only happen on very bad weather days with high waves (not often in the sheltered Basin). I know I'd rather ride my bike for 20 minutes from my house to get to the terminal then have a nice relaxing half hour ride downtown then sit or a bus or fight traffic every morning.
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I have no bias against Bedford. I do have a bias against building ugly 4-pad arenas anywhere with only municipal tax dollars footing the bill. I would be equally opposed to it if it were in Dartmouth or Spryfield or anywhere else. I am not one of those people who is part of the hockey culture. I do not believe it is every Canadian's birthright to be able to play hockey from the age of 2 at my expense.
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I'm not part of the hockey culture either. I like watching games but I don't know how to skate and nobody else in my family plays the game (at least in the Halifax area). However I don't think Bedford area skaters should have to be given the crappy hours at rinks in Halifax and Dartmouth in order to play thier favourite sports. Sure a two rink facility could of served the Northwest region but I have no problem with making it larger in order to serve a larger catchment area and ultimately save money down the road when the extra surfaces will be in high demand.
Besides it's not just ice rinks in the building. There's needed community meeting space, volleyball courts in the summer (and other sports could use the area)
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Show me where I have said I am against the LRT. Nothing could be further from the truth as that actually makes some sense. I have supported the widening of the 102 and Bayers Road. That largely serves Bedford commuters. I support a 3rd harbor bridge which, if built, would remove load from the existing pair and benefit Bedfordites working downtown. I have nothing against Bedford, except for its lack of any decent places to eat and its fixation on beige vinyl-sided McMansions.
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Well I guess its good to hear you are for the LRT. Unfortunately that is the least likely of the three options to serve Bedford to actually get funding.
The widening of Bayers Road would actually help commuters from Sackville and beyond and not really Bedford (the new interchange may change that). Most Bedfordites use Burnside to get in town. The sothern area uses the Bedford Highway (for now) becuase of the lack of access onto the Bi-Hi. The one project that would really help Bedford is the Burnside Expressway becuase it would get futher out commuters off of Magazine Hill. Another simpler solution would be to widen Magazine Hill to six lanes to allow Akerley-bound traffic to get off of the through lanes inbound and provide a Bus/HOV lane outbound.