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Originally Posted by D as in David

Do you know the reason why that particular interchange got baked in? IIRC, the interchange at Anderson was changed from what was originally presented at the information sessions. I recollected that the intersection had the N-S movement flowing beneath a WB Anderson to SB ring road flyover. However, after what I assume was value engineering, the final design reversed that. I believe my memory of the original design is correct as I used to live in that corner of Woodbine so I was kind of interested in how that area was going to be impacted.

If my memory is correct, what about the Glenmore, Sarcee, and RR interchange that made it difficult or undesirable to re-design? You've alluded to costs but were there other factors?

From the last couple of pages -

Originally Posted by Acey

Because of the nearby power station, the loop ramp from wesbound Glenmore to southbound Stoney has a very tight turning radius and traffic moves slowly to the degree that it's backing up onto westbound Glenmore allegedly all the way to 37 St, compounded by a confusing lane configuration approaching the entire interchange.

Originally Posted by Acey

Yeah I explained that confusingly. What I meant is that it wasn't an oversight, but rather like I said the only way for a directional ramp on the WB-SB movement would be the insurmountable movement of the substation, or a big flyover all the way over top the entire complex which would have been a big challenge given the proximity of 37 St as the approach would have to start really far back, so that leaves only a tunnel.

So finding some way to skew the interchange to give them just enough room to build a 2 lane loop ramp might have been the least of all evils.