[kcantor]

I really don't see the point of preserving river valley views when that Russian church is standing in the way.

There's still quite a stretch from the church back to the convention centre...

 

[archited]

The Russian orthodox church is part of preservable history.

 

[devobersver]

Not a weird take at all if you're a rate payer. The City budget for bicycle paths last year alone was $100M and since the City's treasury has its limitations, Council sets priorities. If rate payers were given the choice between acquiring and developing the Alldritt property or bike paths to the boonies, I believe they would choose the former. Moreover, I didn't advocate for anybody to build a high rise on the property. How you came up with that is what is weird.

This is incorrect. The city's budget for bike lanes from 2023-2027 was $100M, most of this budget has yet to be spent.

 

[Avenuer]

Not a weird take at all if you're a rate payer. The City budget for bicycle paths last year alone was $100M and since the City's treasury has its limitations, Council sets priorities. If rate payers were given the choice between acquiring and developing the Alldritt property or bike paths to the boonies, I believe they would choose the former. Moreover, I didn't advocate for anybody to build a high rise on the property. How you came up with that is what is weird.

If you think the City would (somehow) choose to acquire and develop, a market high-rise condominium project, which would need much more than $100M, you are quite out to lunch.

Equating potential City funding for a singular high-rise residential project to a City-wide active transportation network is even more of a stretch, honestly. Not the same things at all.

 

[thommyjo]

Not a weird take at all if you're a rate payer. The City budget for bicycle paths last year alone was $100M and since the City's treasury has its limitations, Council sets priorities. If rate payers were given the choice between acquiring and developing the Alldritt property or bike paths to the boonies, I believe they would choose the former. Moreover, I didn't advocate for anybody to build a high rise on the property. How you came up with that is what is weird.

100mil over 4 years.

25/year.

It equates to a couple of bucks annually for the average household. Basically non material.

Also, false dichotomies aren’t helpful. Our active transportation funding is less proportionally than even its mode share. Arguably the most objective approach would be to tie those together (which would still fail to address 50+ years of unequal funding we should work to catch up on too).