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Originally Posted by brslk
To be fair, the High Level bridge would fall into the river too if it wasn't maintained. Closing Keillor road was a planned destruction through neglect.
Three city counselors lived in the neighbourhood at the time.
I know this because I lived in the neighbourhood at the time. I was against closing it.
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I both believe and don't believe this. I know neighbourhood residents wanted it shut down for years since people used it as a by-pass of Fox Drive on their way downtown or to the University, and for that I don't blame the residents as I wouldn't want heavy streams of traffic through my residential neighbourhood.
However, council also spent a ton of money putting in those concrete reinforcements that created the 'End of the World'. I guess maybe for the facade that they gave a damn? I'm not old enough to have gotten the whole story like you did, so any info on it is awesome to hear.