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Originally Posted by mykalberta
I dont see the problem building the ring road over the Glenmore resevoir and bypassing the reserve altogether.
The resevoir was man made not natural so any habitat concerns are muted since they can always fly somewhere else IMO.
I am adding that to my list of "wants" for our new mayor even though I never travel south of Glenmore except to acadia field to play flag football.
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The wetlands at Weaslehead are not manmade, the concern isn't about the reservoir it is the wetland habitat where the Elbow enters the reservior that is the concern. I believe the original capacity planning and placement of the dam was all done to conserve the Weaslehead wetlands. A bridge like Stoney Trail NW over the Bow River would have a pretty low impact on the area, and the wetlands could be preserved, but tree huggers are pretty hard to please.