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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Sometimes Calgary overbuilds. The SW leg of the ringroad was designed to be expandable to 16 lanes, which transportation planners are already acknowledging is unlikely to ever be needed with the way technology is going.
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I believe a big part of the reason for doing that is because it required an extremely lengthy negotiation with the Tsuut'ina for the land, so they wanted to make sure everything was taken care of for the maximum possible needs of the road. When/if they ever need to expand it in the future, they won't need to go back for another multi-decade negotiation.