Carson Bay

[koekie01 3]

Welcome at page 3 of this unbelieveble-amazing-sexy-hot-cool-rocking-CJ

THAT ONE?!?! Haha, I found that mod always, but I thought it was a depancy, not a mod . Well thanks you have been searching for me, I appreciate it very much .

Your update: Small, but again amazing !

I'm looking foreward to everything .

Take care and be safe,

Koekie

[waldner 0]

Your downtown is perfect!

[zzsim 3]

v. 3.0 Carson Beach

Well, I've finally completed the southern most tip of Carson Beach.  Overall I am happy with the result, but I am still planning on improving some of the beaches down the line.  Also, please excuse any zots in the picture.  Due to the beach water glitch, I could not use the cheat to remove the zots without making the glitch reappear.  So as a tradeoff for some nice pretty beaches, you're going to have to look at a few unsightly zots .

Overview:

Notice the improvement some foliage has made since the first preview shot.

Two of the largest condominium high rise in Carson Bay are built at the tip of Carson Beach:

A second Marriout Hotel also appears in the city, though this time in a much more desirable location  (center building):

The Grand Incan is one of the city's finest and most exclusive resorts:

The southern most tip of Carson Beach is home to some of the richest people in all of the state:

Current residence of the mayor, William S. Carson:

The Carson Beach Aquarium is a popular tourist attraction for people visiting the beach:

The roundabout markes for a major headache for drivers pretty much any day of the week:

The Pier is a popular fishing and watersports spot for both the tourists and locals alike:

Some high class restaurants and shopping centers line the island's main boulavard:

And now for those wondering how people make it out to Carson Beach, I present the Chase Tunnel.  Its named after the city's premier baseball player, Tom Chase, who took the team to the World Series in the year 1999, one year before the tunnel opened.  The tunnel features a two lane roadway, and also carries the Carson Bay Rapid Transit (CBRT) island line.  Currently the tunnel is one of only 3 access points to Carson Beach (two not shown yet):

Chase Tunnel Carson Beach entrance:

That's all for this update.  Thanks everyone for your comments and support !

Replies:

FissileBread: Thanks, I'm glad you like my interchanges and foliage placement!

sEAhAwk fAn121: Thanks for all the nice complimants !

2nerdy4u: Thanks, a tunnel connects the two, though it is not the only connection, more will be shown later.

koekie01: Wow, thanks for the great page intro !

Yeah, the file name is a bit confusing, I can see how you'd think that it was just a dependency, but yes it is the whole mod.  Though like I said, you'll also need to download the trees seperatly.  Hope everything is cleared up !

waldner: Thanks, I don't think its perfect yet, but its getting there.

[jacqulina 162]

wow beautifull work on those beaches and the added flora under water looks fantastic my friend,excellent work and pics great use of the trees

[tomdapom 79]

Wow... that's amazing! Your city looks so classy, and the use of GLR is wonderful! Keep up this fantastic work!

[topcliff 1]

Methinks you got Chase from, say, Chase City maybe? Leonardo

[Godzillaman 21]

great looking place to relax.

[waldner 0]

Yes! You can be sure, your CJ is one of the most beautiful and well planned here! Carson beach is awesome!

[zzsim 3]

Update 3.0 Corrections & Explanations:

First off, I made a change to the park around the round about, because I felt that it looked too plain (oh, and I was missing a GLR piece in the station ):

Chase Tunnel Explanations:

I have also decided to give you all a bit of an explanation as to why I choose to use a tunnel to connect Carson Beach to the mainland with a tunnel.

First, the SC4 was reason was simple that I can't build a GLR bridge, and the plain elevated rail bridge looks too boring.

Now the city's reason for using a tunnel is that the body of water between Carson Beach and the mainland is actually apart of the real life Inter Coastal Waterway, which hugs the Atlantic coast and provides many shipping vessels with a safer (calmer) route versus tranveling in the open ocean.  Often times in real life, the Inter Coastal Waterway goes inbetween the mainland and the barrier islands because the water there is much calmer than the water in the ocean which is good for smaller vessles.  

Since that waterway is a shipping channel, a bridge connecting the island with downtown would have had to have been fairly high to allow the larger ships to pass underneath.  A bridge of the required size would have taken up too much valuable room in downtown and Carson Beach, so the city council decided to go with a tunnel that would not only carry car traffic but also carry the city's new Light Rail service.  To recover some of the extra expenses, the city also decided to build a toll booth. So that's pretty much how the Chase Tunnel was born.

Bonus Current Region Shot:

Linked to provide a full, non scaled back view:

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3603/coastalheights23rj9.jpg

Replies:

jacqulina: Thanks, I'm pretty happy with how the flora has impacted my beaches, though I think that I may have went  alittle overboard with the palm trees !

tomdapom: Thanks for the great comment!  I'm glad you like the GLR, I was a bit worried that it wouldn't really fit in with the rest of the island.

topcliff: Ok, you got me .  I just thought that it sounded like a nice name for a tunnel, plus I'm not very creative when it comes to naming stuff !

Godzillaman: Thanks, I tried to create a more laid back atmosphere as a bit of a contrast to the buissy dowtown district.

waldner: Thanks, I'm glad you liked Carson Beach !  However I think that I've got a long way to go before my cj is in the same league as some of the other greats (past and present) on this site.

Thanks again everyone for your comments, stay tuned for future updates!

Edit:  As of August 1, this cj is now closed.