crusty_bint wrote:Construction of the IRR was better than doing nothing tho! I totally agree that cutting a swathe through the city for it probably wasnt the most effective solution but this was the first time such a project had been undertaken, as I said: "where no standards existed, they were invented".
As for draining the defunct canals and building the road on top of them: is that not a better solution than knocking down more of the city?
Fair enough, but it's probably the case that if the convenient, already cut/embanked course of the Monklands canal had not been available, this route would never have been considered. It meant that for about 90% of the (northside) route, very little demolition was required.
The Great Western Road plan (for example) was killed by local protest by residents and businesses. These objections would not have been there for the M8. Include a spanking great new bridge (people like bridges), the promise of urban regeneration and economic salvation and most people would buy into it. Spin is not a modern concept you know...
How they got away with the destruction of Garnethill, East Woodlands and Charing Cross however, I will never, ever understand...