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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
You may not like the parkways , but we also got an extensive bikeway network that dates to the 1970s, long before cycle infrastructure was popular. Nobody is happy with LeBreton, but what was there before was not impressive, or dying industry or industrial railyards. Leaving it in private hands would have delayed the inevitable. The canal corridor was federally owned from its construction. I am all in favour in livening our waterways but our city has never had that orientation because of a history riverbank flooding and the priority for industry to use water power and associated hydro. We see how hard it is to change history with the decades to construct Zibi and how little it offers to the city so far despite having an outstanding location. Even with lots of planning, there has been flooding damage .
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I liked the point made by the Vancouver planner in the podcast, basically that a well-planned waterfront will have different types of amenities and a focal point. I think the general complaint here is that we really only have one kind of waterfront. It's a nice kind, but it is kind of limited and doesn't cater to everyone's different interests.
Given that we have 50 or however many km of green waterfront, it seems me that the NCC could come up with a scheme to identify some sections of the parkways to transfer to private entrepreneurs to liven up while keeping the majority green. With the money they make from those projects, they could improve other parts of the waterfront and maybe create that focal point. On a city level it would be a win-win. On an individual political level, probably years of protests and obstruction.
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