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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Technically not part of the ring road but part of the project and a topic of discussion here recently. Speed limit of WB TCH has been raised to 110 now, just as you leave the City. Used to be 80 all the way to Old Banff Coach Road.
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Only speeding ticket I've ever gotten. Going 91 on a road clearly built for 100+ speeds.
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Not exactly sure what you mean.
If the bridge leading up to the loop is still only one lane, then adding a second lane to the loop loses a majority of its effectiveness. It does appear the exit to southbound could be 2 lanes before merging into the single lane for the bridge would might help slightly.
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The right lane of Glenmore right after crossing the TT bridge, there is a very short section where an exit could be put to allow a lane of cars to enter the loop that goes to SB TT. The initial lane coming from the one-lane bridge could be tightened slightly to allow room for the new outer lane. The result being two lanes looping into TT south instead of just one. Put a speed limit on the loops to ensure safety. Ban those huge trailer trucks from using the outer lane.
And there would be no point in forcing the two loop lanes to merge into one before entering the highway, or you've just recreated the bottleneck and defeated the purpose of the whole thing. Each lane must be its own added lane to the highway. Since SB traffic from Sarcee is already calmed by the Richmond Road intersection, it likely wouldn't be an issue to force them into the left lane temporarily for that one small section.
Kinda hard to explain without pictures/illustrations...