Its a waste of taxpayer money for the City to continue with this plan despite the NCC's objections. The City is behind their timeline because they haven't, from day one, approached this properly. You don't work on a project or make announcements about it before you secure access to the land. Can you imagine a business spending this kind of money without a guarantee the project will be permitted? They have put the cart before the horse once again, throwing away good money after bad. At the end of the day, if this route doesn't end up working out, the City will have a lot to answer for.
If good relations with the NCC were important to the City, it wouldn't pursue this line because proceeding with committee and council votes will only serve to aggravate the relationship. It can be interpreted as an attempt to bully the NCC. Bullying is not an effective negotiating tactic, something a mediator like Councillor Egli should know. It tends to have the opposite effect, encouraging the other party to dig its heels in, even deeper...
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