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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Bridge rehab projects aren't easy. The Memorial flyover is one of, if not the longest, bridge in the city. That makes it take longer to do the work. Making improvements beyond just replacing in kind, like with the Mission bridge? Takes a little longer too. The quickest way to do them? Close the bridge for the entire project. Too bad it's rarely done...the public backlash isn't worth the benefits. Even temporarily reducing the amount of lanes to speed up construction is a tough call for many projects because no one wants their commute to get a couple minutes longer for a few months.
So we get projects where the timeline drags out a bit so we can keep traffic moving on the bridge at the same time. The Bow River bridge on Stoney in the south? Yeah, that one's weird. The other two, though? I'm not sure how you speed them up without upsetting people more.
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By doubling or tripling the crews and working nights and weekends.
But ya I get it budgets and other priorities.