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It's a good start on taming some of the increased train traffic.

Blue_Guru said "It's a good start on taming some of the increased train traffic. "

Sarcasm? Because that’s a CP mainline. If anything the rail traffic will increase in the future or at least remain steady.  
 
But definitely a interesting and unexpected development.  
 
Edited by The_Young_Man, 2018-01-22 22:06:54

That looks like millions of tax dollars being spent to give the developer of the open land around the golf course ( the old boys clubs) more traffic routes to his new places. I wonder if this was in the agreement from the start.  
One.can only assume the next announcement will be the golf course will make more money as a 9 hole course and that this same developer has an agreement to pay almost nothing for the rest of the land!

Makes sense. Plans will result in a lot more in and out traffic than there is right now, traffic that could become quite awkward all coming across 26th and down McDonald. 60+ condos expands the tax base quite a bit... from the story link in the original post it sounds like that is how this road project will be funded, not by reaching into Loeog’s pocket.

From the article: "The money would come from taxes from the new developments."

Just for a little wider context, pasting below a bit from the Dec 4 council minutes:  
 
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[i]UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AT REC CENTRE  
 
Councillor LoRegio requested an update on the status of the transfer of the property at the Rec Centre.  
 
At the request of His Worship the Mayor, the City Manager responded that the possession date for the transfer of 3500 McDonald Avenue to Horizon Builders Ltd. had been extended to August 1, 2018. He advised that the rezoning and subdivision applications for the property were not able to move forward until a second means of access to the property had been approved. Mr. Sage confirmed that a report on the 34th Street at-grade crossing improvements would be presented at the December 18, 2017 City Council meeting and a public hearing would be held following approval of the secondary access and updated site plan.[/i]  
 
http://www.brandon.ca/images/20171204_Minutes/Minutes_-_December_4_2017.pdf  
 
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Adam said "Makes sense. Plans will result in a lot more in and out traffic than there is right now, traffic that could become quite awkward all coming across 26th and down McDonald. 60+ condos expands the tax base quite a bit... from the story link in the original post it sounds like that is how this road project will be funded, not by reaching into Loeog’s pocket. "

True, it’s only 2 million for this development.  
This is Brandon and all new developments and there developers are required to pay for the cost of all road, water, and sewer upgrades required.  
 
Why does this developer get both our tax money to pay for it.  
 
Edited by loeog, 2018-01-23 07:44:55

Adam said "Makes sense. Plans will result in a lot more in and out traffic than there is right now, traffic that could become quite awkward all coming across 26th and down McDonald. 60+ condos expands the tax base quite a bit... from the story link in the original post it sounds like that is how this road project will be funded, not by reaching into Loeog’s pocket. "

I could be wrong but based on your second post, I'm wondering if the need for a second access point to those 60+ condos has to do with the fire code.

the reason why the city will be covering the cost of the extending 34th street is because they would not be able to re-zone the golf coarse to residential due too the fire code needing 2 points of entry.

johnwick said "the reason why the city will be covering the cost of the extending 34th street is because they would not be able to re-zone the golf coarse to residential due too the fire code needing 2 points of entry. "

In all cases the costs are normally charged to the developers. Take the North Hill developer that had to pay for way oversized water and sewer service because future developments beyond his requires the oversized service.  
 
The city is willing to give up 2 million plus 15 years interest charges in taxes to sell that land for $860,000. True, in 15 or 20 years, we will start to see profit.  
 
New Housing costs in Brandon i:nclude the cost of services in the selling price. I wonder if this developer will underprice his 60 units by 15% or if he will charge market price and pocket the 2 million dollars in savings. It sound like big money for 60 units, but what does it cost to build an entire street that might have 40 houses on it.  
 
Just my opinion, but why are we giving away 2 million dollars tax revenues plus interest to make a very short street and provide sewer and water services for this developer when our city bylaws/policy say otherwise.  
 
Long story short, the city is putting several million dollars of tax revenue into a property they are selling for $860 thousand.

johnwick said "the reason why the city will be covering the cost of the extending 34th street is because they would not be able to re-zone the golf coarse to residential due too the fire code needing 2 points of entry. "

One would think that this extension of 34th was a condition of the sale of the building and land as part of the deal.  
 
The city when this was announced indicated the money from thes sale would be used to pay for the flood protection of the golf course.  
 
Now the extension of the street comes to light. The real question is when did they know this needed to be done and if they didn't know why?  
 
If they don't do it one would think that the sale would be in jepordy.

To put some more specific numbers out there, I see it’s noted in the Sun story on this that expected annual tax revenue from the 68 units to be built would be $174,000.  
Financing associated with the road extension would cost $135,000 per year for 15 years.  
 
Beyond that additional tax revenue, a case is made that it isn’t just condo owners and the developer that will benefit from opening up “Brandon’s longest cul-de-sac”... with the Mayor citing the golf course and the developer to release further plans soon. Not sure what the latter will entail but I know when this was initially announced there was to be a hockey rink and roof top patio/restaurant.

was originally intended to cross the river, as per the plans of the 50/60s. 34th Street was to be twinned similar to 26th (the reason for the bike path north of Victoria).  
 
Call this partial fulfillment of a master plan, 60 years later.

ronfay said "was originally intended to cross the river, as per the plans of the 50/60s. 34th Street was to be twinned similar to 26th (the reason for the bike path north of Victoria).     Call this partial fulfillment of a master plan, 60 years later. "

Yup... and had that bridge been built years ago 18th would not be as busy and the province wouldn't be knocking down a perfectly serviceable 3 lane bridge.  
 
But we've had this conversation before. Déjà vu!

Old thread about due for an update... this crossing has now been open for a couple weeks or so:  

The expansion of the crossing at Pacific Avenue &: 34th Street is now complete! The expansion of the roadway on 34th Street provides secondary access to McDonald Avenue and the development taking place at the Wheat City Golf Course.#bdnmb pic.twitter.com/ZSPgimNwqT

&mdash: City of Brandon (@CityBrandon) August 3, 2022

The polite way to describe this intersection is, awkward. Don’t take my word for it though. Just go try it yourself.

I agree.

And when there is a train you can no longer get down 34th to Pacific due to the backup of cars on 34th (or the lovely people who decide to block the road for westbound traffic). Not sure why they didn't put a "turning lane" in to allow for traffic that does not want to go north though as they had to know there was a train track that would have trains on it there, lol.  
 
Edited by Jason Cross, 2022-08-05 23:05:58

Nice to see the intersection finally opened on 34th and Pacific ave connecting us to go across the tracks to Mcdonald Avenue, but I don’t know who designed it or approved it, but it’s gonna be interesting in the winter when you’re driving north down the hill guaranteed you’re going to slide into oncoming traffic because you got a steer to the right to go into the intersection. Very awkward design. Also great speed bump over the tracks again just like the tracks on 34th and Willowdale cres was until they fixed it the 2nd or 3rd time time a few years back, good luck in the winter folks.

I haven't been down there in ages, didn't realize what they were up to, seems like a good idea to open up that area and more track crossing points the better I suppose but as others have said, why the swooping curves, was there functional reasons they had to go like that or was someone just allowed free reign to get artsy.  
 
Curves look nice, but it looks like 34th would have lined up perfectly straight and they could have used the curve space for an extra lane, hindsight always 20/20 though

they put the curves in to encourage drivers to slow down and not belt across into moving trains.