MacLac
Senior Member
How far of a walk will it be? 5? 10min? I’m ok with it terminating at Lewis……
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husky
Active Member
It's a good half hour walk. It's like 2.5 km.
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
4 times longer if you have kids. Impossible if there is snow with a stroller. Will keep the vast majority of people accessing the Rec Centre by car.
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IanO
Superstar
Again. I find it absolutely backwards that you create a major destination and do not connect it to mass transit.
One step forward, two back.
One step forward, two back.
BASE
Active Member
It is really too bad it wasn't considered given the scope of this project. The current terminus won't have a ton of nearby walkable homes whereas the rec centre would not only be a destination but a lot of people are quite close in Secord/Rosenthal.
IanO
Superstar
I get the challenges of coordinating major infrastructure projects, funding/approval timelines and sequencing, but to not pair these truly shows incompetence and inexperience.
Any larger, more mature city would connect the two and take advantage of the opportunity.
Any larger, more mature city would connect the two and take advantage of the opportunity.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Not to mention the major density around the rec centre being built…like 5+ large apartments.
Plus the shopping centres.
How this wasn’t planned like a university district in Calgary blows my mind. Brewhouse, browns, save ons, Sobeys, daycares, library, rec centre. All the pieces are there.
Then have the LRT connect it all.
Instead we have a golf course/creek/woodlands next to a 3 billion dollar LRT and a car dependent community with lots of great amenities, all 10 minutes apart and necessitating cars and massive parking lots.
Awesome
northlands
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Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Still, so unfortunate that the LRT isn't right up to the rec center.
mcr
Active Member
That's a very neat look at the construction! A little surprise the rinks are so obvious this early on in the progress.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Is there a ROW for a future extension to the Rec Centre?
thommyjo
Senior Member
Weber greens to 92 ave is possible. They have space for twinning the road that could easily become tracks instead. Likely would need to elevate at parts though.