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Word on the job site is they are doing it. We’ll see how the talk holds up.

Between a rock and a hard place. I’ve grown to appreciate (understand) what the RHVP has done to the valley, despite the huge logistical benefits. But without a viable alternative, it was inevitable. Hwy 20 might’ve been better for the creek but worse for the people. Keep eyes on Niagara...

There’s a precon for the site filed, but something in the meantime might come by.

This is something I’ve noticed simply by wandering on google street view in certain places, or discrepancies between aerial imagery and what you see on the ground. Unlike other cities’ repurposed warehouses, I don’t think we can or should repurpose much of anything north of CN for residential...

I honestly cannot say if this would actually happen -closures, that is- if you’re expropriating land for a portal and boring your tunnels. I lean towards ‘no’ since in theory there is no need for the 401 and connecting highways to interact with the tunnel until the final connections are made.

I highly doubt anyone will successfully get employment lands converted to residential in the Airport Employment Area. There’s a lot preventing it. The disputes concern land to be set for residential but which aren’t in the urban boundary (some more justifiably than others).

Given the size of the project, you can definitely afford to expropriate the land you’d need for a portal. It would be tens of billions cheaper than going 2-3x as long instead.

Agreed, it is sad. I don’t know what higher-profile ones remain. This and the King buildings have been known for over a decade. I also don’t know what we expect the city to do in this case other than enforce heritage standards; that is an ongoing issue. At a certain point if a municipality...

The decision would have nothing to do with YRT and everything to do with land owners and development. Even if it didn’t, YRT doesn’t have the resources or influence to posit such an alternative anyway. More importantly though, the connectivity value is more regional- it’s to get these trip...

The projects which would be better are in municipalities which do not have the capital (monetary or political) or any of the interest which York does. The extension makes sense.The case is frankly better than VMC is even today. I’d float the idea of making it part of a lighter Jane RT route...

427 to 404 is almost certainly the best ‘minimum’ viable route, with the ‘true’ minimum being the 400 to 404, which isn’t really an option imo because of the bottleneck it makes/exacerbates. For this threads reference, we can list the options in order of length, actually. And no, I will not...

As Joey says, straight outta the playbook. They’re fumbling the 2020s edition, though- the King St buildings at least fell ‘on their own’. Good luck trying to do anything here without the OLT now. This is so blatant that it must be the plan- no chance they’d try to fulfill city conditions...

I wasn’t around for it then, and I won’t suggest downtown isn’t still suffering from tremendous rot in parts (and we can officially add the Tivoli to that list today)… But, I think the murals on this building in particular have activated the street walls more than that mall ever did. I was...

It looks like alot, but I personally think it’s rather conservative seeing as much of it is the airport itself or employment areas, and seeing how large greenfield areas are elsewhere. That’s not entirely a bad thing, but it is an ongoing conflict point with developers, and I am not entirely...

It might be a) to have a second point of comparison from the most recent examples, or b) to examine the OL in comparison to the DRL (“why more stations overall? Why move some?”). More generally, it sounds like they’re trying to see why locations change so often. Both projects are from the Ford...

To White church Road on Upper James. The GB comes closer north farther east and west. Basically greenfield land encircles the airport, though much of this is to be employment lands.

This isn’t really an answer, but Hamilton doesn’t seem to treat wetlands/streams well in greenfield areas compared to most peers. I don’t know if this is a matter of policy, the HCA, or what- but there is a long history of just doing a sw pond, or putting a creek into a sewer, where most urban...

I think we are collectively thinking of a similar project nearby that is affiliated with Emblem. Might be mistaken on that. Selling the property without its holding provision is a value-add to those who primarily build on, rather than ‘enhance’ land. The downside is that might mean Vrancor...

There’s no good thread for it on here, but wanted to leave this observation somewhere. Downtown was feeling really busy today. Like, a crazy amount of foot traffic around all afternoon and after 5pm. Less cars, as is usual for Friday, but man. It was weird seeing near-full sidewalks in every...

Lol okay. As if hiring consultants with no stakes in anything is a better idea. As if the mindset issue has anything to do with the people hired to deliver those tasks from up high, and not those already at the helm.