October 2015
OCTOBER 2015 A Voice of Riverview Park VOL.7 NO.4 How many trees for the $70M Alta Vista hospital road link? by Bill Fairbairn voice of youth, perhaps a of Riverview Park in an area largely future recruit to an environ- green and dotted with hydro tow- mentalist group, broke the ers. The road has been an issue for solemnityA of the audience at a River- area residents for a decade. Some view Park Community Association were concerned that it would lead to update on the construction of the heavier traffic through their neigh- two-lane, 1.2 kilometre Alta Vista bourhoods and perhaps be the first Transportation corridor from River- phase of a stretch downtown. view Drive to the General Hospital The Riverview Park Commu- ring road. nity Association (RPCA) in vain The estimated cost of the road is for five years opposed its construc- now almost $70 million. It was $55 tion. A 2011 statement said it would million in 2011. be one of the most expensive roads Schoolboy Oliver Ellis asked how for its length in Canada. However, many trees were being cut down in when then Councillor Peter Hume its construction. supported its construction to sup- City project manager Bruce Ken- port hospital expansion and allevi- ny could reply only that he would ate congestion at Alta Vista Drive find out. and Smyth Road the road link was Project manager Bruce Kenny elaborates for Jan Ellis on the cycling and The corridor is being built south pedestrian sidewalks in the project Continued on page 2 A happy bunch enjoys Classics at Hurdman by Bill Fairbairn Photos by Sabry El Hakim ining up for a bus at Hurdman, or passing through the station, have you ever wondered what lies behind the Lfaçade or outward appearance of those three beautiful highrises at 1480 Riverside Drive? The name, Riviera Classics, for the tallest of the three gives a clue to a world of luxury, celebrated earlier this fall on the 25th an- niversary of the opening as condominiums, currently enjoyed by a happy bunch of peo- ple of many backgrounds and even countries.
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