What's with the pilers from the Skyway?

• Did somebody throw this rendering together over a night or was 10's of thousand's of dollars spent to do this. Whats with the Concrete pilers there ugly.
• $150 Million in taxpayer money for a retailer that sells a product that you can only use for six months out of the year doesn't seem right.
• In 1995 $150 in taxpayer money would have moved the Niagara section of the thruway inward to the Railway lands.