amnesiajune
Senior Member
I hate the idea that infrastructure decisions should be designed based on construction impact rather than what's the best alignment for the city, especially when it's at a higher cost.
"Based on" isn't the same thing as "considering". The current SRT alignment isn't a poor choice just because it requires shutting down the SRT early. It's a poor choice because it interacts badly with the existing Kennedy station, it doesn't have the same future expansion potential (a station could be added at Lawrence/McCowan with the McCowan alignment), and it avoids the need for an SRT replacement shuttle (or just frequent & all-day 131E service). And, at least in my opinion, it's better than the 7-stop LRT to Kennedy for reasons that don't need to be repeated.
One day a lot of people will look back and think "we've could have done better"
I doubt that.
"Hey it would have been nice if we had a Lawrence stop as well"
If they feel that way then they'll just build a Lawrence stop. It's not unprecedented. Like I said earlier today, the North York Centre stop on Yonge was added to the subway 13 years after the Finch extension opened; 20 years after it was removed from the Yonge extension plans to save money.