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Originally Posted by Acey
I guess there's two kinda major fixes it (prior to all construction) and they must have decided neither is worth it from a cost-benefit perspective. Option A is you move the substation which gives room for a much bigger 2-lane loop. Option B is you redesign the entire complex so it's essentially a copy of Henday/Gateway Blvd in Edmonton, where WB-SB is instead served by a high capacity 2-lane flyover and not a loop. If you check out that complex at the south end of Edmonton, it'll be apparent that it's exactly what we needed.
Option A seems poor relative the improvement you gain, and presumably option B was just too high in terms of absolute cost, so we got nothing.
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Ideally the NW loop should've been bigger, and the reasons you mentioned is likely why it's not, but it should still be possible to make a tight 2-lane loop if it will help the traffic flow there? Would require twinning the bridge beforehand, but if it's the speed of the loop that's causing the issue, then doubling the capacity of it could help.