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Originally Posted by Riverman
The area around the hospital is far too congested for more traffic to be added. I suppose widening McPhillips is the answer.
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Quite true... the McGregor overpass may be off the table for that reason. The original plan in the 70s called for Furby to be turned into a one-way northbound effectively doubling the capacity of the route. There is no way that would be allowed to happen now (which is ironic because no one ever seems to complain about the existing one-way pairs in the area), so the city would be stuck with Sherbrook only, which as you point out gets quite congested from Bannatyne to Notre Dame.
For what it's worth I don't think it would be a huge loss if the Arlington Bridge were to be replaced by a pair of extra lanes on McPhillips. It's really a minor detour at worst. I wonder if the Arlington Bridge could be kept around economically for another 25 years or so as a AT/pedestrian bridge for those living in the area?