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Originally Posted by Jets4Life
I've never understood the layout of Airdrie. If city planners had been smart, they would have kept the residential areas West of the freeway, and built the commercial and industrial districts east of the freeway.
Instead you have the freeway essentially bisecting neighborhoods, with only a couple(?) of pedestrian overpasses to link the two sides. It must be great if you are a kid, and your friends live on the other side of the freeway.
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You kidding me? We Bert Church kids
never interacted with the George Mac kids. That freeway kept those undesirables to the west, where they belonged!
As far as the layout goes, you'd have to take it up with the town planners of 1980, but back then it certainly would have made more sense to do it that way. Like most things southern Alberta, I suspect the concept of long-term planning gave way to the realities of Airdrie growing by 1000% in a decade from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. Certainly the current planning seems generally oriented that way: other than Kings Heights, all of the residential growth is happening not just west of the highway, but out past 8th street.