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I have been driving big commercial vehicles in Halifax for many years, they are not so bad. The drivers of the tractor trailers, not sure how most of them feel. This one might be ok, since the main trucking goes down one road, unlike Armdale.

It was unreal. I was able to walk on Upper Water street and see up Cogswell, see Scotia Square and so on.

Those prices are unreal. I don't think that project was ever labeled as affordable thought. The building on Jowe Howe has some apartments that are going to be discounted. They are not low income, just more affordable then the regular apartments.

Someone can afford it, or they wouldn't build it. I would love to see them have x percentage of the units at in the affordable range and some in low income.

There are cities all over North America that are getting rid of the structures like the Cogswell interchange. The road in hasn't changed, only the mess in this area that shouldn't have been built in the first place. The only changes to the drive into the core are the streets with bus priority lanes. Cogswell on its own will not cause a problem. Montreal and Halifax are two different animals. I drove through there at least a few times. Once was during a parade. That was poor timing and a nightmare. Once was during rush hour. I didn't feel that rush hour there was any better. There were more lanes, but a lot more traffic. There is only so much you can do with Halifax traffic. I don't think you could ever make traffic good in this city. Way too many single lane roads. Hollis, Barrington, North Street, the bridges are too small...I could go on. Come for the Halifax Waterfront, Citadel hill, Point Pleasant Park, Peggy's Cove, stay because you are trapped in traffic.

@@beautifulnovascotia I had to visit back in 2019 after they added the bus lanes to robie I got stuck in Traffic for 3 hours it was complete grid lock. Montreal has bus lanes as well but the key factor is 3 lanes per side two for cars and one for bus. Halifax keeps calling it self a smart city. Funny how dumb they are. You have a Shipping terminal downtown and no way for trucks to get there except on city single lane streets. I did see the plans for the Third Bridge that would have solved many things. One a highway to the downtown core, two a highway to the terminal allowing trucks to avoid the downtown core. Three a highway to north west arm. That 3rd Bridge would have killed 3 problems with one stone. But nope never happened.

@@beautifulnovascotia I lived there from 1999 to 2018 glad I left. Period!

It wasn't getting the traffic it was designed to handle, and it was in rough shape. I drove over it a lot and it was hard on vehicles. I sat on it many times trying to get onto Barrington Street. There is a roundablout being built by the base. That will help with traffic. I don't feel it will get much better but will not be worse. No parking lots wore removed for this for this project. Well the base lost some parking for the roundabout but that sections hasn't been full in a long time. As far as the buildings go, we need more hosing.

I'm not afraid of tall buildings, the city seems to be. We need more housing, seeing some of the shorter buildings drives me nuts. It seems like a lost opportunity. They need to make some improvements that will help with traffic. That is right behind housing for high priority needs right now. I would like to see the Windsor Street Exchange project get started.

Does almost look like that.

I was wondering that myself. I'm not sure, I will see if I can find out.

I agree with a lot if that. Some problems with height I heard use to be Citidel Hill. If so, this area isn't blocking a site line of the hill. And you can only do so much. I think a lot of the new buildings going up are too short. I'm not so sure Ai agree on a third bridge. Where would you put it? I think both bridges are under sized. I hate to think of the traffic caused by replacing one of them

I'm excited as well and am currently filming the next video.

Thabk you. I appreciate it. I enjoy doing it. Let me know if there are any other parts of the city you would like to see videos on.

You're welcome

I'm impressed with the building. I'm not sure if I remember Birks.

Same here. I'm ready for it to be gone.

You're welcome

Really? I'm enjoying the changes, just not the traffic that comes with it

I can do that.

I like some glass. The glass has to be maintained, though. There is a building in Bedford with mirrored glass. Some of it isn't in good shape. It makes the building look bad.

They did a little years ago when they did the food court. I do agree that it needs to be dressed up. It has no curb appeal. But the inside matches so.

Lol. The oysters were $3.50 each. That isn't too bad.

I spend a lot of time driving around Halifax for work. I can't imagine Halifax with double the population. I would like to think that some things would improve but the traffic wouldn't be one of them. I was in NY during rus hour. Took the subway for a bit, then got off and walked to avoid some of the crowds. Even for walking, they have wider sidewalks in a lot of those areas. One issue with doing 40 story buildings, they have put up a lot of buildings that are much shorter, and have more going up now. You will have a lot of new or newish buildings that will not be removed to put up 40 stories. There have been buildings that have went up that were shorter than I thought they should have been. You do need to take advantage of that piece of land, but there are limits.

I was wondering the same thing. I can't see them taking it down without shutting down the road, at least for a couple of days. To do that, they would need something open so the truck traffic can get to Hollis street

Perhaps they will wait until the new Cogswell Street will connect with Water Street

@@iworshipgloves The problem with that is, Cogswell meets Upper Water Street, right between the two parking structures. So that wall has to go first. Another option would be to finish Barrington and then have traffic use Bells Lane. That could be a bit tight for the trucks though. The also didn't design any of the Cogswell to Barrington Street intersection. Seems like making that first would have been the right move. Rather then redo that section at a later date.

It looks amazing. Only two walls left. The small one by the Hotel Barrington, which might have to remain in some form for the hotels receiving doors, and the massive one by the Casino. In part 26 you can still see a bit of the base of some columns that still have to be removed. For the first time I could see the treatment plant from the Hotel side. Huge transformation so far.

I disagree. They wasted the money when they first destroyed a community and built this. I'm not sure if you have drove over these over passes but they were not in the best shape. Always full of pot holes, and the concrete for the guard rails were starting to crumble. It was going to require a lot of money to maintain it. This project opens land for new buildings, and business which bring in taxes, it creates area for a new bus terminal, as well as public spaces.

Both are necessary. There is work being done at the hospital. I haven't shot a video there yet or heard what exactly it is for yet

That will be interesting since the street will be lowered.

I like how they keep the old facade on some of the old buildings in Halifax. You get to keep some of that old look from the street.

Nice work. It came down fast. I almost missed it.

They seem to want to do that on some streets. I can't see it happen for them all thought. People were up in arms with the changes to Spring Garden road that would cause some to park around the corner, rather than on Spring. If they couldn't even drive it, I think it could hurt the downtown core. I see people jump on the bus to go one stop which was about a block/block and a half.

@@beautifulnovascotia Here's another problem. Something like forty thousand new immigrants moved here in the last two years and the car-centric culture here convinced them that the American dream is for all of then to have an automobile. So how are tens of thousands of those new cars going to fit especially in the gridlocked, congested downtown core ? People have to have choices cars , buses, pedestrians, bicycles, ferries and trains. As it stands now cyclists and pedestrians don't have that choice because cars make it to unsafe. That's not democracy and if other cities in Europe with cold snow and ice can afford more bike lanes so can we .

I can't argue with that. I have spent many days and nights down there throughout my life. I think they have made many positive changes to it over the last 5 to 10 years.

We do enjoy it there. I have gone out there more than a few times to relax and listen to the waves

Yes I can. I will go do that today. I was hoping to do that Wednesday or Thursday but was out if the city linger than planned.

@@beautifulnovascotia Beautiful job mate!!! It's looking great!

@@iworshipgloves Thank you. I appreciate it. One thing that hit me when down there, that angle between the excavators and the hill from the ramps, hasn't been visible for over 50 years. Being able to stand between the two parkades and looking up Cogswell will be mine blowing for me.

@@beautifulnovascotia I look forward to be able to walk down Barrington Street past Scotia Square into a new neighbourhood!!

@@iworshipgloves That is a wild thought. I'm excited to see that new neighborhood. I'm also excited to see people headed back to the waterfront. I was down there last weekend and was surprised at how many people were down there.

Lol. No. I wasn't able to make it down during the work day. They are hard at work during the day, Monday to Friday. I like getting video during thr work day but it isn't always possible.

Lol. They seemed to do well together. Opposites attract.

Apparently, the city would rather them in the commons and in Point Pleasant Park, so this area should be OK. This site will be under construction for years, so I doubt this would make a good spot. It would be nice if the province could find a way to find homes, and mental and addiction help for those in the tents

No its not. There's a reason they're doing this development though, it was a crappy development from the 60's so they're tearing it down and replacing it with something better

Halifax sure can use a strip bar or two because it's about the only city in Canada that doesn't have one .

From what I can find, the Cogswell rd section will go right down between the two parking structures by the casino. So the bend to the left will straighten out. The section at 0:48 will go right in front of the sewer treatment plant, up into the roundabout. That will be a part of Barrington st which will connect to the section in front of Scotia Square. The other side of the dirt lot at 0:36 will become Proctor St. which comes down the road between the parking structure behind that lot and the building beside it. The section just up from the shot at 0:59 will not drop down like that. It will go straight from Nora Barnard, to Proctor St. and will be called, Poplar St.

Thanks. It is coming alone. Now they just need to remove the not so great wall of Halifax. As someone who loves the water, I can't figure out why they thought a massive wall that close to the waterfront was a good idea? I'm excited to see it open up.

When I was young, I thought it was interesting. As I grew older, it just seemed like a poorly maintained waste. As I learn what was lost to build it, I was happy to see it go.

@@beautifulnovascotia I can't wait to see what they'll build in it's place. For now, getting around it will be a PITA.

I have footage from there that I need to edit

It is an interesting street that seemed forgotten for so long. It is changing a lot with the Press Block, and that empty lot is being developed. I was surprised to see that when I shot this video. Last time I was down there, there was no evidence of any work coming up. The empty lot below it, on the other side of Hollis, is also being developed currently.