will the construction of stoney impact the house values in valley ridge/crestmont

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McIver with the heat

“I don’t believe the folks living there are surprised, no one should be surprised after 60 or 70 years (of planning).”

[ExtraSlow]

I'm sure they thought TUC on all the plans just meant "The Unplanned Common park/natural area"

[speedog]

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Photo of owner checks out. Karen confirmed.

Her neck is quite short for an ostrich.

[nzwasp]

So in Edmonton there is a bunch of residents complaining because the city is building a berm and walk way that looks over there fences and into their yards. They should be so lucky that its only a pathway.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7320374/s...ncerns-sept-7/

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McIver with the heat

For real though. Anyone surprised by this is a fool.

[Rocket1k78]

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I feel for anyone who has a home right on the edge as some of them are crazy close but yeahhhhh, if I were in their shoes way back when any of this was announced or started construction, my house would be up for sale ASAP.

After seeing the pic of Karens yard and how close it was i gotta feel for her, thats pretty brutal.
Anyone seen whats happened in the Hamptons? a ton of owners there got the shaft when parts of the course were sold for new homes.

[suntan]

The setback has been known for decades.

Dipshits can't measure.

[duaner]

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I feel for anyone who has a home right on the edge as some of them are crazy close but yeahhhhh, if I were in their shoes way back when any of this was announced or started construction, my house would be up for sale ASAP.

Well, the issue is the same as it is where the RR goes by Woodbine. A few homes have likely seen a fairly large drop in value. The RR is insanely close to the homes and a pedestrian overpass is actually above the roof-lines, so anyone can look down into backyards and second-story windows as they go up and down the ramp.

The argument in Woodbine is that residents were told the distance from their yards to the RR was X, but then, without discussion or warning, it was moved something like 50m closer and 3m higher. The north-bound off-ramp onto east-bound Anderson is at the height of the bike/pedestrian pathway and about 30ft away. There is a ridiculous amount of space between the north/south lanes of the RR, so unless there was something in the ground that was unaccounted for, I don't see why they had to move the north-bound lanes that much closer to the homes.

[dirtsniffer]

the 'pedestrian' bridge is pretty fucked. Because it's actually a road now and before it wasn't. Changed at some point but obviously it snuck by

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That's the same argument this Karen has.

The problem with the argument is that there were no definite plans until a few years ago. So if they bought a house along it AFTER the plans were drawn up, those people have a legitimate case. However Karen bought 20 years ago. Her case is invalid.

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[bjstare]

I get it now.

[Tik-Tok]

I've never seen anyone so joyless while holding cotton candy

[duaner]

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the 'pedestrian' bridge is pretty fucked. Because it's actually a road now and before it wasn't. Changed at some point but obviously it snuck by

Yeah, it's crazy. I guess they're thinking there will be a lot of foot traffic going over to whatever businesses will be there. Can't see anyone using it for a Costco trip. Had the road not been so unnecessarily wide at that point, they could have moved the bridge north 50ft so it landed by a road and not people's backyards; might have been able to move it anyway. From the middle of that thing, you can really see just how far apart the north/south lanes are. Maybe they're keeping options open for future LRT expansion but even then...

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That's the same argument this Karen has.

The problem with the argument is that there were no definite plans until a few years ago. So if they bought a house along it AFTER the plans were drawn up, those people have a legitimate case. However Karen bought 20 years ago. Her case is invalid.

I do agree, if those plans were finalized and stamped. But I would like to see those definite, stamped plans and the justification given for why the road had to be brought that close to the homes. The Woodbine residents have stated that the only plans they saw showed the RR being much further away, that the change was done with no consultation or warning. At least a couple of homes were purchased after the fact and one of those were based on the RR being further away (that was in the news a few months ago).

[killramos]

Is this like the people in Kincora and Evanston being mad about the gravel pit?

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Yeah, it's crazy. I guess they're thinking there will be a lot of foot traffic going over to whatever businesses will be there. Can't see anyone using it for a Costco trip. Had the road not been so unnecessarily wide at that point, they could have moved the bridge north 50ft so it landed by a road..

It's actually a road now, emergency vehicles can use it, not sure how it would be any faster than the ring road access. Photo of pedestrian bridge.

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It's actually a road now, emergency vehicles can use it, not sure how it would be any faster than the ring road access. Photo of pedestrian bridge.

Ah! You were serious. lol I thought you were just making a comment as to how overly large it was for pedestrians. I had no idea. Yeah, I don't see why they would need that given Anderson, the RR, and 130th.

[AndyL]

Why is anyone surprised?

It's a transportation and utilities corridor - the local residents never had a say in how it was going to be developed. You didn't know if it was going to be at your fenceline or 500' away. And you never have any input into how it's done...

That's how the realtor explained it when I looked, I don't get the entitlement of these people to try to dictate how the road is run. This isn't a democratic process - never was.

[Tik-Tok]

I just like how they want "pre-ring road prices".

Oh, you mean you want 2014 prices? How convenient.

[you&me]

Wow, that's brutal.

It's hard not to feel for those homeowners... Even though the plans have been on the books for decades, there's "plans" and then there's that ^^^

When I was in school, I have a friend whose parents had a home backing on Fish Creek in Woodbine... I still remember the little single lane bridge that crossed Fish Creek... Shortly after that was replaced, they knew the writing was on the wall and sold before the full-blown ring road came to be. I can only imagine how far those properties have dropped - they went from having nothing behind them but mountain views, to a now visible multi lane road and now finally a full on freeway... They're probably worth less now than they were 20 years ago

On the other hand, a lot of these properties backing on "utility corridors" etc are perpetually discounted from the normal market prices, partially to account for things like this... You know Karen cheaped out when she bought