Ring Road To Nowhere

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

LOL, nowhere near the same, but I've always wondered about this building beside Crowchild. Which came first - the building or the road? Anybody here ever been in one of those apartments?

The road would have been there first, but almost surely then it was 24 St and carried little traffic, Crowchild didn't become "Crowchild" until 1968 when work extended it south from 16 Ave. That was actually our first freeway, done a couple years before the first segment of Deerfoot in the NE.

See 1966 map

[bob-loblaw]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

LOL, nowhere near the same, but I've always wondered about this building beside Crowchild. Which came first - the building or the road? Anybody here ever been in one of those apartments?


https://goo.gl/maps/Xah1cjHgMt56wtzh9

I'd like to know how many gallons of paint were made of the wrong blue colour at some paint place. I'd say a cheap landlord paid about $20 for a skid of that screw up. Then again, no colour is going to make those bomb shelters look better. I jest...

[cam_wmh]

Coming from the south, heading nb on the RR, how does one reach Tsuu Tina? I don’t see an intersection, nor approach ramp.

[cam_wmh]

Coming from the south, heading nb on the RR, how does one reach Tsuu Tina? I don’t see an intersection, nor approach ramp.

[Acey]

130 Ave has a northbound exit that connects over to Buffalo Run Blvd, that appears to be the only way. To add a NB-WB movement at Anderson would either require bowling over some homes in Cederbrae or a flyover structure that would push Karen in Woodbine to the steps of City Hall. That flyover would literally be in the $40-$50M range.

[powderjunkie]

101 St SW and Highway 8...what will be the status there upon completion of SW RR? Will there be actual interchanges when West Ring Road is built?

http://www.swcrrproject.com/wp-conte...-2019_D2-1.pdf

The 2-3 dwellings that used to be accessed from a little stretch of 101 St south of Highway 8 (gravel I think) will use Discovery Ridge Boulevard...is that the permanent solution?

Also curious of those new bridge(s) just west of Discovery will be somewhat pedestrian/cyclist friendly?

[Weitz]

I don’t think 101st st will exist when it’s all done. The poorly designed road will have a side road from 17th to get on highway 8 but other than that it’s basically gone.

[Acey]

The plan was for the north part of the 101 St/Glenmore intersection to be rebuilt, but the final leg will eliminate it by 2022. Not sure if there has been coordination between the west and southwest legs to just eliminate it now and not bother rebuilding it just to close it again.

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

The 2-3 dwellings that used to be accessed from a little stretch of 101 St south of Highway 8 (gravel I think) will use Discovery Ridge Boulevard...is that the permanent solution?

Yes. Emergency access only to Glenmore.

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Also curious of those new bridge(s) just west of Discovery will be somewhat pedestrian/cyclist friendly?

The new bridge has sidewalks on both sides over top of Glenmore.

[RedIcipher]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

101 St SW and Highway 8...what will be the status there upon completion of SW RR? Will there be actual interchanges when West Ring Road is built?

http://www.swcrrproject.com/wp-conte...-2019_D2-1.pdf

The 2-3 dwellings that used to be accessed from a little stretch of 101 St south of Highway 8 (gravel I think) will use Discovery Ridge Boulevard...is that the permanent solution?

Also curious of those new bridge(s) just west of Discovery will be somewhat pedestrian/cyclist friendly?

This is from 2014 but I believe is still current showing access points, etc.




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[powderjunkie]

Thanks all - it gets tiring trying to dissect info between the 2 projects, and never knowing what is still current. This all makes better sense now

[Acey]

I feel like they thought the southwest would be done before work on the west would even start, now that it's overlapping it's kind of a cluster. I think this is the latest map.

[Calgary14]

Delay announced for the full ring road, it won't be complete until 2024.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...2024-1.5629239

[Ironhorse]

So which section is the delayed section? Story wasn't very clear on that.

[Canadianman]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

So which section is the delayed section? Story wasn't very clear on that.

west

[Manhattanboy]

What the hell takes so long? Jesus work evenings and weekends and get the thing finished already. In today’s economy the government would not even have to pay overtime wages for construction at night and on weekends.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

What the hell takes so long? Jesus work evenings and weekends and get the thing finished already. In today’s economy the government would not even have to pay overtime wages for construction at night and on weekends.

Initial timeline was too ambitious, with this section being out of Tsuut'ina there was no pressure on Enmax (or anybody) to expedite this. 2023 would have been feasible, 2024 is cheaper cause AB Trans probably figures if they just go with 2024 they're less likely to need to negotiate any Corona clauses into the contract, among other things.

[Slava]

Thank God there was the existing clause where the land goes back to the Tsuut'ina if the road isn't completed in 7 years. It's got to be the main reason they're actually on track to build this portion, finally.

[CliffFletcher]

The amount of time it takes some of these projects is baffling. There hasn’t been a month in the last 3 years when the section of 14th street between the Rockyview and Southland Drive hasn’t been torn up and lanes closed.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The amount of time it takes some of these projects is baffling. There hasn’t been a month in the last 3 years when the section of 14th street between the Rockyview and Southland Drive hasn’t been torn up and lanes closed.

It’s really a poor reflection of the construction industry here in Alberta.

[Canadianman]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The amount of time it takes some of these projects is baffling. There hasn’t been a month in the last 3 years when the section of 14th street between the Rockyview and Southland Drive hasn’t been torn up and lanes closed.

Whoever is in charge of that project needs to never be employed again.

They have dug, redug and redug over and over again, the same friggin' stretch of road. for 3 years.

and it still isn't done.

I'm so thankful that I WFH now so I don't have to drive that ####show daily.