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Old 07-10-2009, 07:28 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by Jedi Ninja View Post
I think it's time to get out of the denial stage and accept that the SW ring road is never going to happen. These deals with the reserve have fallen through so many times now, how can anyone seriously negotiate with them any more? And cutting over the Weaselhead is a non-starter. The SW ring road is dead, and so is the Stoney Trail extension from Hwy 1 to Hwy 8. The money should instead be spent on developing the "outer ring road" along Hwy 22 and 22X from SW Calgary through Bragg Creek.
You know that the Bragg Creek route is about 50km from city boundary to city boundary right?

I don't accept that a freeway over Weaselhead is a non-starter. The City built Stoney trail high above the Bow River and at ground level, you can barely tell that there is traffic above you. As far as the threat of a spill or something, we already have Glenmore Trail crossing the reservior so clearly accomodations can be made to make such a causeway safe.

There is significant additional cost in building an elevated road over such a span but elevated highways like that aren't anything new in the world. We are a million-person city. It's time we started thinking like one and spend the money to make it work.
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