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Originally Posted by Sliver
More on topic, the City needs to go even further with this type of foresight. The biggest thing that pisses me off lately is building all these giant communities, then after they're complete, feebly trying to upgrade the infrastructure (roads in particular) to account for the increased traffic volumes. Upgrading the roads should be the first step before the first foundation is poured in a new neighbourhood. The way we do it now is back asswords.
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When has the city ever had any foresight with any of their road construction? Crowchild Trail is permanently screwed at the University Drive/16th Avenue underpass where it inexcusably bottlenecks to two lanes. There was never even the foresight to leave enough room to add one more lane and now it's doomed to always be the starting point of traffic backing up at the Bow Trail overpass.
Remember that Beddington Trail stretch from Country Hills Blvd to Deerfoot that got all newly developed only to be ripped up less than 6 years later to add more lanes. What the hell kind of foresight is that when a few years after completion it's determined it's not enough lanes?
Deerfoot is pretty self explanatory and while the city can claim the sudden growth of the city there can be no excuse for not leaving room for any future provisions as this city seems to do so often.