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This is but one of the costs that Halifax, specifically Dartmouth, is paying so that a large part of the city can essentially be turned into a strip mall on the 118. Shubenacadie Park, for those that don't know the area, hugs the Shubenacadie canal system from Lake Charles to Lake MicMac. It is a popular area for joggers, walkers, paddlers, and apparently construction workers.

As part of the new "development", which will turn a huge swath of land from the lakes out to Burnside into a series of strip mall developments, the city has to provide an additional exit from the 118. And of course, land for this development comes from the park.

Here are a few shots I took today while out walking Guinness (my dog).

This first one shows the Multi-Use Trail sign with the construction sign on it. For some reason, I found this really funny.

Here's one of the gravel berm that edges the park now for hundreds of metres. Don't know about you, but it has kind of a permanent look to me.

And finally, here is where the multi-use trail is actually blocked off for the construction. Two parts of this image identify what the locals think of the disruption/destruction. The first is that the barrier is actually torn down and the second is the black fuzz-ball behind the rock in the middle of the path. That is Guinness lifting his leg on the rock they've helpfully dumped in the middle of the trail.

Posted by kevvyd on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 11:12 PM | Permalink