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Originally Posted by Acey
It is permanent, and it's unfortunate but there's just no room... the final configuration is for the same reason as the 130 Ave half-interchange we just talked about. It's too close to the Westhills Way interchange, and it would have been extremely tight to fit a braided ramp in there - directly in the backyards of people on Sierra Madre Crescent and Sierra Nevada Way and be really terrible for them if they had somehow made it work. Looking at the map, I don't see any way they could have made it work at reasonable cost. One option I maybe see would remove access to Discovery Ridge/69 Street for traffic coming north on Stoney from Tsuu'tina altogether, while adding cost... so that's a lose-lose.
The heavy left turning traffic will be in the afternoon, when through traffic will be less. As long as it's timed correctly it should be fine - but if Stoney SE/Glenmore is any indication it will be timed horribly on opening day.
Overall, I feel the area still wins as Westhills Way can take a much needed load off the Richmond Road/Sarcee intersection. I'm interested to see how long it takes for people to picks up on the fact that it's a very useful backdoor to and from Glenmore, and in fact a requirement if you want to get to 37 St as we talked about earlier.
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Speaking of light timing, who is responsible for timing on the lights that control access to Stoney? The City or the Province? The Tuscany / Scenic Acres lights could use some adjustments but I don't know if 311 is who I would contact.