SW information session held this week. Final bit from Fish Creek Blvd down to 22X not opening till October. Paving, pathways, painting, noise walls/berms are the bulk of what's left. Westbound 22X over Macleod will be back on their bridge by "end of summer", so perhaps before October 1. 101 St/Highway 8 gongshow is a "we're working with the west ring road contractors, thanks for your patience" and no actual information.
Spoiler!
From this it seems the SB Sarcee Trail to Tsuut'ina Parkway will be closed as they complete construction on the interchange also. Maybe once it's reach full completion that will change the configuration for Glenmore Trail EB back to how it's suppose to be.
Having lived in Calgary most of my life, and living only in the NW and considering Anderson Road the "deep south", watching this felt like footage from the Discovery Rover.
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Having lived in Calgary most of mu life, and living only in the NW and considering Anderson Road the "deep south", watching this felt like footage from the Discovery Rover.
It's so weird, hey? As a big wetlands guy I can't even come to terms with the destruction along the west Stoney Trail route, but seeing it completed is other words as an old school Calgarian.
Having lived in Calgary most of my life, and living only in the NW and considering Anderson Road the "deep south", watching this felt like footage from the Discovery Rover.
Ha, I grew up in Shawnessy and felt the exact same about the first two portions of the ring road at the time.
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It's so weird, hey? As a big wetlands guy I can't even come to terms with the destruction along the west Stoney Trail route, but seeing it completed is other words as an old school Calgarian.
Well the wet land is only a wetland because of the destruction caused by building the Glenmore reservoir.
They did a reasonable job on preservation though the course of the project.
The Richmond Rd/Sarcee bandaid fix by the city seems to actually be working decently till they get bailed out by the west Stoney opening in 2024. They're just waiting to see if also bails them out for Sarcee/Bow Trail, which is going to be a monumentally expensive fix and had the potential to be GE5 levels of disruption had they gone forward and found money for an interchange there before 2024.
The Richmond Rd/Sarcee bandaid fix by the city seems to actually be working decently till they get bailed out by the west Stoney opening in 2024. They're just waiting to see if also bails them out for Sarcee/Bow Trail, which is going to be a monumentally expensive fix and had the potential to be GE5 levels of disruption had they gone forward and found money for an interchange there before 2024.
I’m not sure I follow, I was replying to Jayswin post about wetlands saying they did a reasonable job preserving them.
I’m not sure I follow, I was replying to Jayswin post about wetlands saying they did a reasonable job preserving them.
I know, it was a weak attempt at a joke as that incident was the first thing I thought of when I saw "preservation". It's easy to forget how many wildlife concerns there were in that area and how much it slowed things down. They did well to get over the hurdles mostly without issue.
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The Richmond Rd/Sarcee bandaid fix by the city seems to actually be working decently till they get bailed out by the west Stoney opening in 2024. They're just waiting to see if also bails them out for Sarcee/Bow Trail, which is going to be a monumentally expensive fix and had the potential to be GE5 levels of disruption had they gone forward and found money for an interchange there before 2024.
That Sarcee portion from Richmond Road to Bow Trail is always problematic. On a weekday afternoons, northbound cars back up from the Bow Trail / Sarcee intersection all the way to the 17th Ave bridge!! What's more puzzling is that there are always back up from up the hill on Bow Trail for the left turn from westbound Bow to northbound Sarcee, usually half way up the hill! Where do these cars come from? Even a residential exit has giant backups, I don't get it!!
That Sarcee portion from Richmond Road to Bow Trail is always problematic. On a weekday afternoons, northbound cars back up from the Bow Trail / Sarcee intersection all the way to the 17th Ave bridge!! What's more puzzling is that there are always back up from up the hill on Bow Trail for the left turn from westbound Bow to northbound Sarcee, usually half way up the hill! Where do these cars come from? Even a residential exit has giant backups, I don't get it!!
SB Sarcee is often backed up for a few km down the hill as well. I have no idea where those people are coming from, there really aren't many employment centres in NW Calgary. Maybe the university or Foothills medical complex i suppose.
That Sarcee portion from Richmond Road to Bow Trail is always problematic.
Yeah the west ring road will present massive relief here as people go west and use the back door to get to either 16 Ave or Glenmore. Waiting until this alternative is in place is the right move by the city, for once.
Not sure if the flooding was discussed in the Weather thread, but we drove through the flooded area around 10PM, on the Northbound side there was a single worker looking desperately for a drainage hole to clear. Looking on Street View, it doesn't appear that it exists. Would not be surprised to see the road still closed in the morning.
EDIT: Southbound lanes were completely closed, there was a single lane open Northbound with just under a foot of water, cars driving slowly through.
Northbound stretch between Anderson and Glenmore was very dangerous to drive yesterday around 6:30 pm. Vehicles in the opposing southbound left lane would throw tons of dirty water onto the windshields of northbound driving vehicles completely blinding drivers for a moment or two. Just before the exit onto Glenmore east, I drove into a huge pool of water; not a paddle – a pool; the water was at least a foot deep. I got through it slowly and it was very uncomfortable, as I didn't know how deep it goes. Smaller cars were just driving off to a shoulder and parking. Very surprised at how poorly drainage runoff has been designed for such an important highway.
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Curious why they’ve ripped out the asphalt on the west bound lanes over Macleod trail. Seemed like that was ready for the final layer last fall, but it’s all dug up again. Something fail inspection? The whole area seems like two steps forward, one step back.
Looks to me like everything will open on time, mostly just noise walls, painting, landscaping, paving, etc. that's left. We talked about it earlier but my god the Sarcee/Bow intersection is in an absolutely catastrophic state of failure during the PM rush. If there is an intersection in a worse state than this one anywhere else in the city, I'd like to know where. In 5 weeks it will be even worse once the SW is fully open. Even with the west leg open we still might need an interchange there.
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Northbound stretch between Anderson and Glenmore was very dangerous to drive yesterday around 6:30 pm. Vehicles in the opposing southbound left lane would throw tons of dirty water onto the windshields of northbound driving vehicles completely blinding drivers for a moment or two.
Not sure exactly where this is referring to. Where between Anderson and Glenmore is opposing traffic close enough to do this? I hadn't been down there for a while prior to today.
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