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Originally Posted by Deez
Two more notes on the timing of increments in phase 1:
1) The old NS LRT environmental assessment has a finite shelf life (I can't remember how long that is, but it's not too long), so staff will do their darndest to ensure that increment 2 is initiated before that document expires.
2) The rationale for not widening the airport parkway to 4 lanes in Phase 1 that is in the report is that the NS LRT will be constructed as part of transit Phase 1. The report then states that the parkway twinning will be pushed back to 2016-2022, implying that increment 2 will be completed before then?
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Increment 2 doesn't do anything other than leads you to Increment 3. There already is rapid transit as far south as South Keys. Most of future traffic growth on the Airport Parkway will be coming from south of the Greenbelt.
We have been told that Increment 1 will at the very earliest be completed in 2017. There is a disconnect in timing.
This city council was willing to expose the taxpayer to a multi-million dollar lawsuit, so why would they be concerned about the minor issue of an expiring environmental assessment?
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