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Originally Posted by Lubicon
NW Stoney was initially constructed two lanes (each direction) with the contract stipulating additional lanes to be added as traffic levels were reached. this happened much sooner than anticipated I think and they added a third lane within a year or two of opening. I assume similar scope exists in the contracts for NE Stoney and SE Stoney so wonder why this has not occurred yet.
As mentioned by others they have actually done a great job for the most part in prepping up front for additional work down the road so when it comes time to add lanes, interchanges etc. the process is very quick and relatively simple.
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What I want to know is why they built the new Peigan extension from 52 ST to Stoney as a 2 lane road, even though it widens to dual lanes at 52 ST and again at the Stoney interchange. It's results in some really stupid bottlenecks at rush hour, and there's tons of space to widen the road to 4 lanes. It seems there was zero future planning involved with that construction
Also the Glenmore-Stoney interchange is ridiculous, sticking northbound traffic from Glenmore into a single turn lane with a light. Why could they not follow the Peigan interchange a few miles up which flows way better?