Didn't think it was actually significant enough a project to warrant a "ceremony" but Nenshi was up there.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1438613891840282625
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Has there been anything official yet on the SW for October 1? I’ve heard it anecdotally, just haven’t seen anything from The province
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Yeah they get railed every single day after October 1 that it's not open. The dates were confirmed way back in 2016:
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Pursuant to an RFQ and RFP process, the Province has selected the Contractor to design, build and finance, and for a 31 year term commencing on the earlier of traffic availability of the applicable leg or October 1, 2020, to operate, maintain and rehabilitate, a portion of the southwest leg of the ring road in the City of Calgary and has selected the Contractor to design, build and finance, and for a 30 year term commencing on the earlier of traffic availability of the applicable leg or October 1, 2021...
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Again the main reason it was split in 2 is to ensure the part through the reserve was done first, as there is a time limit (May 2022) after which the deal is off the table if the road isn't open from Glenmore to Fish Creek Blvd.
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boring long legal document)
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Originally Posted by sleepingmoose
That doesn’t mean it’ll actually open that day (as evidenced in the SE). It looks like it’s ready, but you think they’d be advertising by now.
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For the SE they literally still had to build half the Mckenzie interchange with 6 weeks to go. SW appears to be ahead of where Henday NE was at this same time out, and they easily opened on time in 2016. KGL doesn't care about advertising, if it wasn't a P3 project the province would maybe care a bit about hyping it up. Even with the chaos in the province there will be some festivity, however minor, on opening day.