Ring Road To Nowhere

[Acey]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

The connection to Evanston is much more important than the connection to Panorama.

This. Single point of access into Evanston which is exploding, if poop hits the fan on Beddington/Symons Valley, a whole community is cut off.

[rayne008]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

The connection to Evanston is much more important than the connection to Panorama.

Gotcha - I forget how big that community really is, and how much of a clusterf*** symons valley can be some mornings.

[Titan]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Sorry- that was me.

Thinking how I hate titles with "opens Friday" or "Opens today"- I thought I was doing the smrt thing.

Haha. You did do the smrt thing!!

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Thread title is wrong. Today is Nov 22.

Looked at a few news article comments. Some people complaining that full cloverleafs weren't built.

One guy complaining about how Higgins split the vote so that Spenshi could be mayor over McIver.

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by Acey

A 16 Ave/19 St interchange will have an even greater benefit now, here's to hoping it moves slightly up their list as of tomorrow, or it ought to, anyway...

If there's going to be increased traffic on 16th Ave, I hope they would addressed the NB-WB merge issue at both 52nd and 36th street, since 16th ave gets jammed up at rush hour as it is now because the merge is far too short.





The solution is simple though. Simply just extend the merge lane and push the SB-WB merge lane further, or even turn it to a new lane that turns off to the next intersection since it'll be close enough to it at the point. Same deal could be done for the EB merge lane at 36 Street intersection.

[Acey]

Yeah the other thing there is that 16 Ave needs to be 6 lanes from Stoney to Deerfoot, and a proper interchange at 16 Ave/Deerfoot will cost a few hundred millions. All that's long term. A few pics from CTV:

[Jayems]

Any update on what time regular traffic can go on?

[St. Pats]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Any update on what time regular traffic can go on?

They said on CBC radio that it would be open for the rush hour this afternoon. I'd guess 3pm.

[You Need a Thneed]

11am, not open at SB Stoney @ Peigan.

The traffic lights coming from NB Stoney turning onto WB Peigan are not rotated into place.

[Lil Pedro]

I tried to take Stoney going east past Mackenzie towns but the road was still closed.

[Jayems]

511 Alberta ‏@511Alberta 22m
NOTE: SE Stoney Trail to open in stages today with the entire road expected to be open by late afternoon. #yyctraffic #ABRoads

Opening schedule

Interchanges along the brand new section of the freeway will open in a safe, staged manner with the entire road expected to be open by late afternoon. The speed limit along this section will be 100 kilometres per hour. Drivers are reminded to obey all signs and signals.

The first southbound interchange to open will be:

Highway 22X/Stony Trail and 88 Street SE., followed by
114 Avenue,
Glenmore Trail and finally
Peigan Trail.

The first northbound interchange to open will be:

Glenmore Trail SE., followed by
114st Avenue SE, and finally
Highway 22X/Stony Trail and 88 Street SE.
Peigan Trail opened to northbound traffic earlier this year as part of construction.
17 Avenue SE will continue to be open as it has been during the last few weeks of construction.

Travellers have access to the completed interchanges along the east-west section of SE Stoney Trail and will notice an increase in the speed limit. Interchanges along this section, formerly known as Marquis of Lorne Trail and Highway 22X, are:


http://alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=35...65A24D36DC5F79

[You Need a Thneed]

http://alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=35...F865913AD44977

Opening schedule

Interchanges along the brand new section of the freeway will open in a safe, staged manner with the entire road expected to be open by late afternoon. The speed limit along this section will be 100 kilometres per hour. Drivers are reminded to obey all signs and signals.

The first southbound interchange to open will be:

Highway 22X/Stony Trail and 88 Street SE., followed by
114 Avenue,
Glenmore Trail and finally
Peigan Trail.
The first northbound interchange to open will be:

Glenmore Trail SE., followed by
114st Avenue SE, and finally
Highway 22X/Stony Trail and 88 Street SE.
Peigan Trail opened to northbound traffic earlier this year as part of construction.

[Nehkara]

Am I wrong to find it ridiculous that they won't give times?

[rain_e]

Originally Posted by Nehkara

Am I wrong to find it ridiculous that they won't give times?

If they gave you a time do you think they would meet it?

Also if they say it is going to be 3:00pm exactly you are going to get a bunch of idiots lining up at 2:45 and just causing traffic issues in the area.

[Jayems]

Treks to NESS and chestermere for rec hockey are going to be the best. It's the little things that excite me.

[worth]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Treks to NESS and chestermere for rec hockey are going to be the best. It's the little things that excite me.

I did not think of this...this is going to change my whole life

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Acey

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Hopefully a good amount of traffic will make the road a little clearer...because wow, that paint is pretty much invisible. Won't be fun seeing people trying to navigate these exits for the first time.

[puffnstuff]

Is it open?
Is it open?
Can I drive on it?
Is it open yet?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Is it open?
Is it open?
Can I drive on it?
Is it open yet?

No
No
Yes
No

[Jayems]

Apparently they're going to start opening the first sections at 2 p.m.