Road Constructions in Calgary

[OzSome]

Forgive me if there's already a thread for the ongoing road constructions but I looked around and couldn't find one. Anyways, I know we see road constructions in Calgary all the time and can get frustrating driving-wise. What's more frustrating for me is not knowing what are the city planning on that project. I know we might be able to see it on maybe City of Calgary websites or whatever but everyone have time for it. So maybe someone here in CP can explain what the heck is going with all the road constructions in the city. I can mention some of that I know of and see pretty much everyday but you know of the place I did not mention, please add it on the list.
What frustrates me is not seeing any sign that explains what the project is about.

South:
Anderson Road and Elbow Drive : Looks like they are working on the right turn lane from both sides of Anderson to Elbow Drive. Then they have this massive equipment in the middle of Anderson Road. Anyone know what they are trying to do there?

14th Street SW from 90th Avenue to the Rockyview Hospital. Are they making the road wider or adding lanes on 14th Street?

Glenmore Trail by Richard Road to I believe past that Highway 8. Speed limit gone to 60km/hr but I don't think I ever seen anyone working there in the daytime.

Southland and Macleod Trail. No turning left from Southland to Macleod on both direction. Are they building an overpass or whatever. It might make sense a bit because that place is busy all the time.

North:

Ramp on 17th Ave SE(Blackfoot Trail) to or from Deerfoot Trail. Heavy constructions there but I can't figure out if they are adding another lane on Deerfoot or what?


Anyways, that's all I can think of for now.

[Boblobla]

Isn't the plural of construction construction?

[gasman]

Southland and MacLeod: can you confirm the no left turn? Unless they changed this very recently it was no left turn off Macleod onto Southland, not the other way around.

[OMG!WTF!]

The zoo bridge project seems like it's taking forever.

[Erick Estrada]

Maybe there's a little more this year but I feel that heavy road construction in Calgary has been a constant for decades.

[Looch City]

http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...-projects.aspx

The map is even better:

Spoiler!

[llwhiteoutll]

Anderson is being widened and turns lanes added/extended to accommodate the SWRR capacity. Some of the work can be done after the ring road is built, but there are parts that need to be done first.

14th Street is ATCO work being done by Volker Stevin on their pipeline that runs in that area. I believe that they are decommissioning an existing line and relocating it in order to accommodate the SWBRT. The long sections of yellow pipe are for natural gas and will be pulled in via HDD.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by gasman

Southland and MacLeod: can you confirm the no left turn? Unless they changed this very recently it was no left turn off Macleod onto Southland, not the other way around.

Went along Southland last night. I can confirm there are no left turns from Southland onto Macleod. (both WB and EB)

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by gasman

Southland and MacLeod: can you confirm the no left turn? Unless they changed this very recently it was no left turn off Macleod onto Southland, not the other way around.

Just drove past this. No left turn from EB southland onto NB macleod.

Probably other way too, I just didn't go that far.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by OzSome

14th Street SW from 90th Avenue to the Rockyview Hospital. Are they making the road wider or adding lanes on 14th Street?

I think this has been utlity upgrades that go down the middle of the road. They didn't seem to be doing anything to widen it at all.

I think this is scheduled to be done by the end of September. From what I can see (every morning and afternoon as I drive by) this has been 'done' for 3 days or so as near as I can tell. I assume they are waiting on the road to get remarked with the proper lines.

Originally Posted by OzSome

Glenmore Trail by Richard Road to I believe past that Highway 8. Speed limit gone to 60km/hr but I don't think I ever seen anyone working there in the daytime.

This one RGMG. There is absolutely no construction until Glenmore turns into Sarcee. As far as I'm concerned the city is incurring liability for no reason at all. It creates additional danger for drivers (95% of whom now ignore the 60 km/h limit, leaving 5% as a hazard on the road) and significantly increases the danger to construction workers (assuming that they will be working on the project someday?) as the drivers have now been trained to ignore the lowered speed limit.

I tweeted the city about it, but didn't get a response.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Road+Construction+in+Calgary

Your exact thread title, and literally the first link is the site Iggy City posted.

[puffnstuff]

I am sure I put this in the GMG thread but wtf didnt they re-mark glenmore west bound for three lanes under the Riverbend bridge. Instead it narrow to two lanes when theres a ton a room for three lanes and the merge that happens coming out of Riverbend. Creates an unnecessary choke point.

[Muffins]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

This one RGMG. There is absolutely no construction until Glenmore turns into Sarcee. As far as I'm concerned the city is incurring liability for no reason at all. It creates additional danger for drivers (95% of whom now ignore the 60 km/h limit, leaving 5% as a hazard on the road) and significantly increases the danger to construction workers (assuming that they will be working on the project someday?) as the drivers have now been trained to ignore the lowered speed limit.

I tweeted the city about it, but didn't get a response.

I fully expect that part to be littered with photo radar every time I drive it. That's the only logical reason I can think of them starting it that ridiculously far back.

In reality they should be starting it at 45th st.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Muffins

I fully expect that part to be littered with photo radar every time I drive it. That's the only logical reason I can think of them starting it that ridiculously far back.

In reality they should be starting it at 45th st.

I agree on the photo radar. I'm happy to say that I haven't seen it there yet (in the 6ish weeks that the speed has been lowered for no reason).

As to starting at 45th st, why? There isn't any construction until Sarcee.

[Muffins]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

I agree on the photo radar. I'm happy to say that I haven't seen it there yet (in the 6ish weeks that the speed has been lowered for no reason).

As to starting at 45th st, why? There isn't any construction until Sarcee.

Once they get going on the interchange (which I assume is soon) the construction will be that far out.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Muffins

Once they get going on the interchange (which I assume is soon) the construction will be that far out.

Once they start construction they are also building an overpass at 37th st as part of the Ring Road.

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca...treet%20SW.pdf

My argument is just that it doesn't need to be lowered months before any work is started.

[Ironhorse]

Timely thread. I've been wondering what they are building south of the 17th Ave SE / Deerfoot interchange for weeks. Now it would appear they are driving piles for a bridge?

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Timely thread. I've been wondering what they are building south of the 17th Ave SE / Deerfoot interchange for weeks. Now it would appear they are driving piles for a bridge?

17th Avenue SE BRT Transitway.



http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation...ct=/17avesebrt

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

There was a particularly awful one on Tuesday. I was leaving downtown - or attempting to - via 6th avenue SW, heading west. That normally just ends up turning into Bow Trail, but not on this evening. Instead, they just blocked off 6th Ave right at 11th Street, and had all of the 6th ave traffic divert south on 11th street. Here's the problem with that: there's a C-train stop there. Four lanes had to merge into one lane, turn left into one lane on 11th avenue, and then stop after half a block, repeatedly, to let the C-trains go through.

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to have that be the place where you stop and divert traffic? Why not close off the road a block ahead of there so as to give people actual room to get out of dodge before being stuck in a line for literally half an hour? Worst piece of planning I think I've ever seen for a road closure.

[CliffFletcher]

As I mentioned in the gear-grinder thread, my issue is that there are so many projects going on at once in my part of the city (SW) that it's impossible to take alternate routes to avoid lane closures. You'd think there would be coordination at some level to avoid boxing in whole parts of the city with reduced access.

Also, that map doesn't seem to include private projects, like the ATCO work on 14th street.