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khris
Senior Member
Looks great, but what a waste of money.
Are they burying all of the ugly power cables too?
Are they burying all of the ugly power cables too?
MDV3
Active Member
Looks like a cool plan. I love streetsville. I cant wait to see the finished result. Thanks for the pics!
Jasonzed
Senior Member
scamander24
Active Member
I don't think it's a waste. The area looked quite ugly and run-down before. Now this part of Streetsville will finally feel more like a modernized walkable village with awesome amenities. I cannot wait for this project to be completed. Hopefully the red flooring stays as red as it is in the rendering!
scamander24
Active Member
Thanks for the update!
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scamander24
Active Member
The details of the design are here:
http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/2013-04-25-SMSS-Public-Presentation.pdf
The large canopy looking thing will serve as a stage during concerts, and will have some sort of screen coming out for movie nights at the square. The section of Main street can be closed during festivals and celebrations. The cenotaph will be kept for the remembrance day ceremony that happens every year at Streetsville. As far as I can tell, it will be a simpler, smaller version of Celebration Square with more interesting paving and no large TVs.
MDV3
Active Member
The square is officially open. I don't have any pictures but feel free to venture on over. Looks great.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
It's missing a streetcar. A real downtown has streetcars, not buses.
MisterF
Senior Member
Surprise surprise, they didn't bury the power lines. Only in Ontario.
mustangjay
New Member
No kidding! How many ice storm blackouts do people have to endure in the winter before hydro companies finally get a clue?!
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Burying power lines cost money. They also disrupt traffic, initially when burying them and later to maintain them. Can't do that when there are no development fees to pay for that, except from property taxes.
MisterF
Senior Member
We always find an excuse in this province. Every other jurisdiction that I've ever been to finds a way to do it, even other provinces in Canada. But our provincial slogan seems to be "it can't be done".
W. K. Lis
Superstar
The NIMBYs on St. Clair Avenue West demanded the the power lines be buried. They did. Then they complained about the cost was too high, because they buried the power liens.
So the NIMBYs in Streetsville didn't want the expense of burying the power lines, so now they complain about the sight of the visible power lines.
Make up your minds.