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Originally Posted by curves2000
Any thoughts on the design decision on Old Banff Coach road to loop southbound in order to go northbound? There appears to be plenty of land available and the merging option doesn't appear to be causing any issues with drivers who would want to go onto TCH/16 Ave?
Also, the lack of a southbound access onto the ring road by Old Banff Coach Road, was that decided to be nixed because of access at Bow Trail and via 101 Street? I can understand not wanting to have exit ramps too close together but a lot of the growth on the West Side is happening along/near Old Banff Coach Road. Could access along 101 Street be limited in the future?
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Pure speculation on the first one, but perhaps that leads to a longer ramp due to the road beginning to drop down into the valley at this point? Steeper is not an option, maybe the mainline drops faster than the ramp could catch up to it with a regular NB ramp?
Second point, perhaps it's possible to add future access to SB Stoney from Old Banff Coach by doing something like they did at the Tuscany Blvd ramps. Have a feeder road parallel to mainline Stoney and connect via the Bow Trail interchange. Not ideal (I know from experience, living in Tuscany) but it might work.