North/south on 52nd around Peigan can get quite heavy, I assume that's the reason that they haven't changed the light pattern is that it would negatively impact that (and ripple through to other things like 52nd and Glenmore, 52nd and 17th Ave, etc). I mentioned earlier that I think there's more trucks turning off Stony onto 17th Ave to get onto 52nd SB to avoid Peigan and 52nd.
If they could make a very long right turn lane off Peigan onto 52nd so that people turning right could do so on a red, that would go a long way to helping I think, but I don't think it's possible to do without doing more paving.
Until the whole thing is done (or until there's other options) I don't see a better way.
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