While it is true that Sarcee was meant to connect at one time, that was shelved decades ago. Once they knew it would never connect, they should have renamed it before it extended further north, had a bunch of signs made, developed areas like Beacon Hill that had Sarcee Trail NW as an address, etc. It would've been super cheap and easy in the 1970s. Super annoying and expensive now.
On a related note, it looks like we dodged a bullet with Sarcee anyway. Bowmont Park and Bowness would have been quite different today. I guess we can thank Stoney for (eventually) making that connection mostly unnecessary.
The old grid stuff, based on alignment, is a different story.
I guess it doesn't really matter much either way these days. Most locals are used to it, visitors are probably using a navigation device/app anyway. It is still weird though.
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