http://www.ryanleech.com/blog/2008/08/18/crankworx-recovery/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.ryanleech.com/blog/2008/08/18/crankworx-recovery/#comment-1016 Jess R. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:49:09 +0000 http://www.ryanleech.com/blog/?p=178#comment-1016 I always like to remind people that, yes the lights in Squamish may cause jams. But the alternatives can have a lasting impact in other respects. Most would suggest a express route around town, or creating a overpass system. These may relieve the jams in traffic but could spell the undoing for a place such as Squamish. Back here in Michigan it's the story of many small villages and towns. The main drags used to go through town but then were bi-passed in favor of a traffic friendly alt. Then the commerce dries up and the small buisnesses start to close and a once lively area becomes a area of old run down buildings that can't sustain. Just food for thought. I always like to remind people that, yes the lights in Squamish may cause jams. But the alternatives can have a lasting impact in other respects. Most would suggest a express route around town, or creating a overpass system. These may relieve the jams in traffic but could spell the undoing for a place such as Squamish. Back here in Michigan it’s the story of many small villages and towns. The main drags used to go through town but then were bi-passed in favor of a traffic friendly alt. Then the commerce dries up and the small buisnesses start to close and a once lively area becomes a area of old run down buildings that can’t sustain. Just food for thought.

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