Yea, I think when you set the standards for a road like this, you have to balance access convenience with driving safety/bottleneck potential. I think enough people recognize that the weaves on Deerfoot were, in hindsight with current traffic levels, not the best idea. I think the Province is making the right call generally on how they are implementing this balance.
In the original plans for the SW ring road (1950s-1980s) there were access points at 90th, Southland and Anderson, whereas the 2009 plans have Southland and 90th joining first before connecting to the ring road at a single access point. The interchanges would have been too close to each other to accommodate all 3.
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