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Originally Posted by Joborule
Came back to reply to this. Perfect example is the 16th Ave/68 Street intersection in the NE. They're upgrading the intersection to accomdate 3 lanes of traffic both ways on 16th Ave from 52 Street to Stoney Trail. The problem is, that intersection is ultimately going to be a interchange, and should be getting done in a couple years, or at least should be. I don't understand why they just don't get it done now and over with so 16th can be freeflow all the way to 19th street by Deerfoot. All the work they've done the past year to make new left turning ramps will be useless farily quickly. This makes it look like they don't intend to upgrade anytime soon, which would be just dumb.
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The majority of the work being done there is to make 16th ave 3 lanes each way, work that is not wasted even when an interchange will be done.
One of the biggest complaints I often hear about the city "redoing" work is with paving, i.e. Why did they pave and then come back and repave a year or two later?
Repaying is done like that out of necessity, they wait until the ground beneath has settled before putting the final layer on.
A good example of waste would be the province spending money widening the interchange in Airdrie, then, like 2 or 3 years later, demolishing everything to build a new interchange.