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Originally Posted by GGG
Just a quick aside on the massive median gaps on the SW ring road. My understanding with talking with a guy working on the city connections to the ring road was due to the Tsu T’ina land area that this section is designed to have another highway run through it whereas the rest of the city can have a second ring road. Now some of the second ring road designs were scrapped but it was too late to redesign the Tsu Tina portion given the deadlines so the original design was built.
So while sometimes infrastructure seems over or under designed it is usually well thought out and considered for the important variables at the time. I’m a little surprised here that they didn’t decide to just plow though downtown on surface.
That was the right decision back in the day when they chose length over function and as a result our system was and is superior to edmontons. Here they are making the Edmonton choice build the expensive part expensive and hope. I disagree with it but understand the reasoning.
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CP Tracks and 7 Ave necessitate some degree of under or over. I think there is a missed opportunity to refurbish the existing underpass on 1 St SW.
But really the north line should have been a lot simpler, especially since we're starting to accept ideas like running at grade down Centre St. Just run all the way down the bridge and worry about connecting the lines later. Or...don't. The beauty of busses for the SE is that all this complicated core stuff wouldn't have to be a big issue. Ideally you'd prioritze the routes in other ways.