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Originally Posted by ken0042
The problem is quite simple in my mind. The road was designed for 100,000 cars, now it has 160,000 or 60% more. Make the road 60% bigger (2 more lanes) and 60% smarter (no more weaving traffic at Southland/Anderson and 17th/Memorial) and the problem goes away.
Make the speed limit 80 and those who do 120 now will still do at least 110, and you'll have a new batch of people doing 75.
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You up the capacity by 2 lanes and then people who were taking alternate routes such as McLeod, Edmonton Trail, Centre Street and Barlow move back on to Deerfoot and your extra capacity is gone. Its still an overall improvement, but you'll be back over capacity almost instantly.
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Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner
I'd like to think the Province would learn some lessons after the messes they see in Calgary in Edmonton, but then I see some of the design work they're doing on Stoney Trail and just shake my head.
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I'm just curious what they are doing on Stoney that sucks so bad? I was glad to see that Scenic Acres Link and Tuscany Blvd will be combined into one interchange so you don't end up with a Deerfoot/McKnight and Deerfoot/64th Ave situation where interchanges are WAY too close together.