Maybe it's only because I'm more familiar with the Sarcee / Hwy 8 section, but I found myself down in the 22X area and found it to be a complete cluster-f compared to what I'm used to... lack of signage, clear markers or even a hint of where the road might actually be (/going)... Very confusing and, sadly, not all that surprising that something happened.
It is quite confusing if you are not familiar with it. I drove down there for the first time in August and was going eastbound from MacLeod to Deerfoot. I was in the left lane from MacLeod following a car in front of me. The car pulled into the middle lane and all of sudden the left lane became a U-turn lane to go westbound on 22x. There was a car behind me so I couldn't just come to a sudden stop to try to merge right so I had to detour all the way through Sundance to get back to 22x east. Maybe I missed the signs but there was no indication that the left lane was going to do a U-turn.
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It sucks because the ring road is not open yet to 22X. Prior to this closure, you could use 37 St as a way to get to Anderson Rd from 22X. As of Oct 1, 2021 it won't matter. So to clarify, it sucks only for the next 12 months.
To be honest... this will not get better.
WTF! So now they’ve closed the old east bound 22x from the city limits diverting onto the current west bound lanes (single lane east and west) with pylons blocking the option to turn onto 53st detour with 37th closed. Might as well put up a sign saying “if you live west of the city and need to get downtown, go fk yourself”.
Why would they close the old eastbound lanes when they aren’t ready to shift onto the new lanes? And why close 37th, state 53es is a detour but block that as well?
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It is quite confusing if you are not familiar with it. I drove down there for the first time in August and was going eastbound from MacLeod to Deerfoot. I was in the left lane from MacLeod following a car in front of me. The car pulled into the middle lane and all of sudden the left lane became a U-turn lane to go westbound on 22x. There was a car behind me so I couldn't just come to a sudden stop to try to merge right so I had to detour all the way through Sundance to get back to 22x east. Maybe I missed the signs but there was no indication that the left lane was going to do a U-turn.
Ha - I actually had to (intentionally) use that strange, way-past-MacLeod u-turn yesterday... Again, very poorly signed and marked, but nowhere near as bad as further west around Sheriff King & James McKevitt...
Maybe not a factor, but there's massive speeding happening on 22X in the 60 zones with seemingly zero response from CPS. It's sad to see.
I drove the Glenmore/Sarcee/Stoney construction zone from day one. I'll admit I usually drove about 65 but it was a steady stream of traffic passing me not even pretending to slow down from 80-90. And never saw CPS/photo radar there once. The TCH/Stoney construction on the other hand - CPS may as well set up living quarters there as speed enforcement seems to be a 24/7 operation .
Why would they close the old eastbound lanes when they aren’t ready to shift onto the new lanes? And why close 37th, state 53es is a detour but block that as well?
Not sure. I was unaware that 53rd is closed.
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Ha - I actually had to (intentionally) use that strange, way-past-MacLeod u-turn yesterday... Again, very poorly signed and marked, but nowhere near as bad as further west around Sheriff King & James McKevitt...
And the NB Macleod U-turn has been like that for ages with no upgrades in signage. Atrocious. Before the end of the year, all ramps at Macleod/22X will be open and both eastbound and westbound traffic will be shifted onto the new eastbound bridge with crossover east and west of 22X, and will remain so through summer next year.
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I drove the Glenmore/Sarcee/Stoney construction zone from day one. I'll admit I usually drove about 65 but it was a steady stream of traffic passing me not even pretending to slow down from 80-90. And never saw CPS/photo radar there once. The TCH/Stoney construction on the other hand - CPS may as well set up living quarters there as speed enforcement seems to be a 24/7 operation .
It's very strange thing indeed. My assumption would be that the west ring builders have been complaining more to CPS about speeders which is reflected in the level of enforcement.
Drove through the NB Macleod construction today and what a mess that is. Its back to being a split road, but the signage is terrible to tell you what side of the road does what - do I have to stay left to go north? does going right mean i'm exiting Macleod?
I felt lucky and stayed right hoping I could continue all the way north, which thankfully it did. But the lanes on the new east side of the road kind of went from one side to the other and I think Stevie Wonder was in charge of paving that side, wow there better be a few more top coats and leveling to match up to the previous surfaces.
They have pilons blocking the option to turn since it would cause huge back ups with single lane east/west traffic if someone has to wait for an opening to turn. Hoping it’s just a quick thing since I need to get my trailer back to the storage lot on 53rd.
Do you know why they’re shutting down the old East bound road at this point?
Damn... I drove this exact stretch on Sunday evening, noted how unsafe it was and the way vehicles who were going towards Bragg Creek were stopping and trying to get to the Stoney Trail side of the road. I also went the Bragg Creek direction by mistake but took the 37th Street exit from 22X. I had it mind to call 311 and have them forward the complaint to KGL but for whatever reason it escaped my mind. Don't know if it would have made a difference, but wish I had made the call.
Just a few months ago, the way KGL had setup traffic on Anderson near the Tsuu Tina gas station, cars were getting confused on direction and there were multiple cars headed towards me going the wrong way. Nothing happened thankfully and I put in a call to 311 who forwarded the complaint to Ring Road team and it was fixed pretty quickly.
The whole time during construction in this area, signage and traffic setups by KGL have been a complete disaster. Someone from AI/AT must be reviewing and approving these, but just a total lack of oversight and thinking through scenarios.
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The whole time during construction in this area, signage and traffic setups by KGL have been a complete disaster. Someone from AI/AT must be reviewing and approving these, but just a total lack of oversight and thinking through scenarios.
You get what you pay for. The penalties for not making the in service date is crazy high.
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Someone from Alberta Transportation maybe gets the map that we see above, and some synopsis about how they plan to implement the detours. But it all goes out the window when there's no lighting, the lines are still on the road from 5 detours ago and no new ones are painted, the cones are too far apart and all run over, and the digital signs are illegible in the bright sun.
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I’m not loving the 37st closure. The detour to take 53rd is notably longer, and James McKevitt is even worse. Are we stuck with this until a year from now when the whole “corner” is open?
And I’m just failing to understand the lights at 53rd. I would like to say it’s surprising, but I remember the lights in Deerfoot, so I really shouldn’t be.
They don't need to be open until 2022, but KGL said they would be done Glenmore to 146 Ave by October 1, this coming Thursday. Anderson to 146th is already open.
