tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post1876559329648773335..comments2023-10-25T10:35:33.913-05:00Comments on Hatrock's Cave: Canada, Alberta, and Edmonton things and stuffHatrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908255610547850292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post-2201887650801266152011-10-26T21:48:25.929-05:002011-10-26T21:48:25.929-05:00Our city planners are a giant pain in my ass. Sou...Our city planners are a giant pain in my ass. Southcommon was built before the infrastructure, so we had to tolerate, not only a couple of years of construction, detours, and extra heavy traffic due to the location being a major shopping center, but it is the way that people are welcomed to our city. What was once an amazing vista as you approached the city, is now a mass of concrete and confusing exit and entry ramps. 99th street being blocked off most of the year left me expecting a great new expressway downtown...it is more congested than ever. I won't comment on the Quenell bridge. The city is becoming noisier and much less pleasant overall. <br /> I say, lets get the bridges built and more major arterial roads within the city. Make parking downtown, free for 2 hours. It will not increase the employee parking downtown, but it could stimulate businesses downtown with increased shopping and convenient access to the core. We have these huge venues and landmarks in our city, but our planners simply can't figure out how to make the city better, just bigger.Landmonsternoreply@blogger.com