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Originally Posted by Jets4Life
Airdrie has to be one of the most poorly planned cities I have ever been to. 60,000 people, only two overpasses onto the QE2, and building subdivisions on both sides of the highway. I can only imagine the bottleneck of commuters, travelling to Calgary and back during rush hour.
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I hesitated to mention Airdrie because I knew the mental midgets would trot out the tired old jokes.
Anyway, Airdrie is no different than the other bedroom communities around Calgary - massive growth that made planning difficult. Chestemere is really accessible from the TCH by only one interchange, and one extremely dangerous level crossing. Cochrane, Langdon and Okotoks all with limited access as well. The province simply can't keep up. And I doubt that gets better under Notley.
Airdrie though gets all the problems first, and worst. Red Deer's milestone is great, but at current growth rates, Airdire is probably going to overtake it within 15 years. This year's census will almost certainly put the city over 60k. If the province was smart, they would put a new interchange between CrossIron Mills and Yankee Valley Blvd at 40 Ave S (yes, there is a 40 Ave) ASAP and connect it to Main Street and 8th Street on the west, and a new North-South road on the east edge of the city that would also connect to CrossIron. That would relieve a great deal of pressure on both Yankee Valley and Highway 566.