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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Drove it also for curiosity's sake and was not surprised to find another HRM screw-up. Starting at the signal lights at Bayer's Lake, it is 4 lanes. It narrows to 2 lanes before the underpass although there appears to be enough room to continue with 4. It stays 2 lanes up the hill through the rock ledge that was blasted away. Then when you get near the top of the hill it goes to 4 lanes again and remains so until you reach Dunbrack. WTF?
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That may be due to land ownership issues. We had the same problem out here in Calgary.
There is a gentleman who goes to City Council public hearings all the time, his name is Oscar. The City was building Metis Trail, a major road in the NE part of the city when they discovered that Oscar owned a huge chunk that they would have to buy in order to build the road.
Considering Oscar's contributions to public hearings - no one was looking forward to it. From what I understand, they are still dealing with him but in order to get the road built...it starts out at 4 lanes, then goes down to 2 to get around his property and then back up to 4 lanes. It's quite funny...
here is the article about it. But I rather enjoy the irony.
If you ever want to see what the article talks about (and you have a night of insomnia), check out some of the old City Council public hearings (they are on the web) and just watch for him to speak. You'll understand quickly...