Calgary Stoney Trail [Ring Road] - Page 407

msmariner · #**8121** Posted **Oct 29, 2023, 9:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by People_talking

You could probably add the Crowchild trail upgrades between Memorial and 24th as well.

Minimal fixes just for them to rip it all down in a few years.

Since the ultimate fixes would cost well over a billion I think we’re decades away from anything but minor changes to that stretch

foolworm · #**8122** Posted **Dec 18, 2023, 10:20 PM**

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/west-r...gary-open-2024

Welcome to the ring, Calgary! 10 months ahead of schedule, if only every project was like this...

Coldrsx · #**8123** Posted **Dec 18, 2023, 10:22 PM**

Indeed and nice to see!

ace.yyc · #**8124** Posted **Dec 19, 2023, 12:02 AM**

Mind you it's 10 months ahead of a schedule because it took a 2 year delay from the planned completion of 2022, so it's ultimately still delayed a full year.

YYCguys · #**8125** Posted **Dec 19, 2023, 7:14 PM**

Hopefully I will be able to drive it all the way round one day soon just for the heck of it! How many hours do you think it will take?

Dengler Avenue · #**8126** Posted **Dec 19, 2023, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by YYCguys

Hopefully I will be able to drive it all the way round one day soon just for the heck of it! How many hours do you think it will take?

It’s only 101 KM. One hour should suffice.

foolworm · #**8127** Posted **Dec 21, 2023, 8:23 AM**

They can finally finish up the Highway 8 bridge replacement over Elbow River now. What an awkward way to do it, but whatever.

craner · #**8128** Posted **Dec 24, 2023, 10:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

It’s only 101 KM. One hour should suffice.

+ another hour to do it the opposite direction.

craner · #**8129** Posted **Dec 24, 2023, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by foolworm

They can finally finish up the Highway 8 bridge replacement over Elbow River now. What an awkward way to do it, but whatever.

Yes - I’m looking forward to that as well.

craner · #**8130** Posted **Dec 24, 2023, 10:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by msmariner

Since the ultimate fixes would cost well over a billion I think we’re decades away from anything but minor changes to that stretch

I really wish they had just bitten the bullet and completed the Crowchild upgrades between Memorial & 24th when they did the bridges over the river - it’s not like it wasn’t warranted.
However that portion is included as part of the “Medium Term” plan for Crowchild which is slated for as early as 2027 so not “decades” away.

craner · #**8131** Posted **Dec 24, 2023, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by msmariner

What’s wrong with this fix? The cost to repair and increase the size of the existing bridge made replacement make sense. The age of the old bridge made replacement make sense.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ound-1.5729635

Nothing wrong with the fix or replacing the existing bridge. I just don’t know why it wasn’t done as part of the SW RR rather than waiting a mere 3 years after the completion of that project to start the bridges work. I suspect the bridge work was planned to start years later but then Covid came and the Provincial Government needed a make-work project.

msmariner · #**8132** Posted **Dec 24, 2023, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by craner

I really wish they had just bitten the bullet and completed the Crowchild upgrades between Memorial & 24th when they did the bridges over the river - it’s not like it wasn’t warranted.
However that portion is included as part of the “Medium Term” plan for Crowchild which is slated for as early as 2027 so not “decades” away.

I don’t see the city spending a smooth billion on that section of Crowchild. To me putting in one interchange does very little to fix the problem. They either do it all or nothing major. They did minor upgrades to various portions of this stretch the last few years. That might be at best what they will do moving forward.