Ring Road To Nowhere

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Calgary14

How long on a typical weekend, with average traffic, from West Springs to the new Costco?

10 minutes from Aspen landing saturday morning at 10 am this past weekend.

[Weitz]

Would it not have been more sensical to throw more resources at the SW corner there to finish it to 22x and open at the same time, then to start the HWY 1/16th ave portion?

[stampsx2]

Originally Posted by Ducay

I understand why the nation didn't want the Stoney name running through their land and why we had no choice but to accept......but man, what a terrible decision in naming across the board.

You boys thought 3 unconnected Barlows was bad? HMB, Stoney wants to have a word with you

No kidding. Needs to be repeated. Talk about confusion.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Would it not have been more sensical to throw more resources at the SW corner there to finish it to 22x and open at the same time, then to start the HWY 1/16th ave portion?

Probably, maybe, unless the existing project to connect to 22X is already running the fastest it reasonably can. Too many cooks in the kitchen and all that.

But as someone who lives in the Central-SW, I am selfishly way more excited about the Hwy 1 to Hwy 8 portion than I am about the remaining 22X portion.

[stampsx2]

Just call the road the 201. When you say the 401 in Ontario everyone knows what you’re talking about.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Nah I avoid West Hills like the plague. I used to only go for the movie theatre but now I go to Market Mall.

It was a joke, but I meant the West Hill in general (Coach Hill south to Signal Hill, incl Aspen etc) is likely where you lived, not that you frequent WestHills mall (note the subtle space in the broader area). Jokes are best when explained.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by GGG

One thing I found quite powerful was the connection to the land. I think its poorly understood by most Canadians. We (Western Society) look at the land as having a financial value. Whereas portions of First Nations cultures see it as part of them. This person did the best job I have seen at expressing the meaning behind that connection to the land and the trauma associated with being ripped from it.

It’s a foreign concept that I struggle to understand.

But another post claims he was protesting getting screwed by the band leaders, not us (western society).

So I’m not sure your explanation holds if his reason for being angry is correct.

More like the band leaders care more about money than their own people’s beliefs. Shocking revelation if true. We all know that $275million definitely isn’t going strait into the band leaders pockets, because that’s never happened. That’s why they’ve repeatedly refused to make their finances public.

[Robbob]

Can you get on the new portion from 162nd or does access to the new road start farther north by Evergreen?

[Madman]

Fish Creek Blvd is as far south as it goes right now.

[Madman]

Speaking of Fish Creek Blvd, how there aren't 100 cops in each of the 2 playground zones catching everyone doing 60+ through them is beyond me.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Would it not have been more sensical to throw more resources at the SW corner there to finish it to 22x and open at the same time, then to start the HWY 1/16th ave portion?

Two different contracts.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Madman

Fish Creek Blvd is as far south as it goes right now.

Is there a way to connect over to 37 Street SW from the new freeway (need to get down to 37 Street and Highway 22X).

Thanks

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Is there a way to connect over to 37 Street SW from the new freeway (need to get down to 37 Street and Highway 22X).

Thanks

If you want to get to 22X you should exit at Anderson and take it over to Macleod.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

If you want to get to 22X you should exit at Anderson and take it over to Macleod.

But does Stoney connect to 37th at all? (I think that was his question). All the signage obviously tells you to use Anderson, but you can just as easily use Fish Creek to Macleod, so could be that it indeed does connect to 37th, but they want to discourage its use - just like they are with Fish Creek

Based on the updated google maps, looks like the movements allow it...

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Ducay

But does Stoney connect to 37th at all? (I think that was his question). All the signage obviously tells you to use Anderson, but you can just as easily use Fish Creek to Macleod, so could be that it indeed does connect to 37th, but they want to discourage its use - just like they are with Fish Creek

Based on the updated google maps, looks like the movements allow it...

Not in the far south (I know that is the question) but we've established that it does in the Glenmore section of the SW so technically yes it does.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

I've yet to drive the new stretch. Acey, are you saying the new signage does NOT refer at all to 201, just the road name? That's idiotic if so. At least if the sign said '201' along with the name you would know it is the ring road and not a collector.

Yes the 201 shields are there like everywhere else on the entire ring road.

I just mean colloquially... nobody refers to it as "201" and rather as "Stoney". People who drive it everyday would probably take a second to know what road you were referring to if you ever said "201", if it even clicked it all.

Basically, exactly what stampsx2 said above, whose post I missed.

The advantage of doing so is that it wouldn't matter if it had 10 names, it'd still just be 201.

Originally Posted by Ducay

But does Stoney connect to 37th at all?

Yes, but 37 St no longer connects to 22X, which is shown incorrectly on Google Maps.

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Two different contracts.

Yes, and started at 2 different times. They've been going balls to the walls near COP but that work didn't even start till 2018.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Not in the far south (I know that is the question) but we've established that it does in the Glenmore section of the SW so technically yes it does.

Well if we're getting into pedantics - Glenmore intersects 37th St SW, not Stoney, so (at least there) it doesn't

[Manhattanboy]

Thanks guys - should have been more clear - I need to get from the new Stoney Tr over to 37th Street southbound. Don't need to get on to 22X.

It sounds like you can no longer turn right northbound onto 37th Street from 22X?

[Ducay]

Of the 4 sections, I love how the larger, most complex pieces are going to be done and open first (crossing wetlands at Weaselhead, numerous bridges, terraforming a steep hill @ COP, giant interchanges there as well)..... and yet the 2 sections that are just crossing fields are the last to open (37th to 22x, Hwy 8 to Old Banff). I know its all planned that way, but logically its the opposite of what you'd expect.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Of the 4 sections, I love how the larger, most complex pieces are going to be done and open first (crossing wetlands at Weaselhead, numerous bridges, terraforming a steep hill @ COP, giant interchanges there as well)..... and yet the 2 sections that are just crossing fields are the last to open (37th to 22x, Hwy 8 to Old Banff). I know its all planned that way, but logically its the opposite of what you'd expect.

Greenfield vs Brownfield.