OK, here's my pick of the day. Many people out here have more courage than I - daring to speak out about things and decisions taken that are based on faulty thinking or information, and continue to be staunchly defended like a bone...
"Me too! I wanna know why these anonymous peoples are asking for a gym in the Community Centre, a space for their children to throw a ball around, a loaded full on Gymnasium where teenagers could throw some hoops. The nerve!
Hel-lo? where have YOU been during the last 7 years of P l a n n i n g
Who do they think they are anyways- casting such a sour note into a brand New Year.
As for the organizers of the Project- a tad defensive don't you think- didn't you know that along with every architectural erection comes architectural criticism???
Where were all these Complainers when Exhibits of 'The Alternative Plan' were being aired to the Public, the Design which put Children and Senior's as the most important Clients of a Community- the rest of us facilitating their needs?Hmmm????
Good Architecture lasts the test of time and re-appropriates itself to other uses. Too bad the way Buildings are built these days- they barely make it through to the giant mortgage 25 years from now.
Buildings of wood and plaster and fitness fads come and go but Mountains don't. The REAL ca-tas-trophe is waiting up top. A rethink for the design of the interchange and a re-route is a last chance to save the Brown's Lake Access and OUR Geography.
The recent statistics posted by the Surete are once again testament to Man's behaviour behind the wheel and more lanes will not end the black ice, liquored-up AH's and reckless youth- not to mention mistakes made by old men in Hats and women with cigarettes.
If you wish the new highway is some kind of emblem of progress and prosperity- you should have lived in Sherbrooke or Trois Rivieres in the 1950's in a pumped-up post war economy because THAT is the aesthetic. It is Wakefield 2012 and the Mountain in a Land of Zen cannot be re-assembled. As a wise sometime Wakefield Plumber once reminded me: "People don't like to admit when they're wrong".
This time they've really got it all wrong.
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I agree that saving lives by getting traffic off of highway 105 is much better than saving a few trees that were not cut when the area was clear cut. I have lost 4 cars on this highway and no I was not drunk or speeding. In fact I was stopped waiting to turn left waiting for a break in oncoming traffic for all of them. The tree huggers will find a way to put the blame back on me I am sure, but the police who did investigate ensured me there was nothing I could have done. Yes one of the drivers who hit me was well over the alcohol limit, he was charged and convicted
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame the tree huggers did not start this during the summer months, when there are more people headed to their cottages. I would like to see how many accidents they would be causing by turning in or out of Rockhurst or Brown Lake road. Or maybe they would need to head to Jean Burger for something to eat and then they could possibly get the back end of their cars customized like I did.
I also recall seeing a picture of a schoolbus with it backend crumpled in the Low Down not that long ago. When I looked at the picture my heart sank as the left back seat was crushed. Fortunately no one was in that seat that day. This traffic has been steadily building on this highway with all of the new people moving into this beautiful part of the world, help save those lives as well as the people that hive lived here for generations. Don't stop this short piece of the highway for some unneeded press (anonymous)