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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
My biggest concern, though, is how to upgrade 11 (especially north of 17) within North Bay. I just checked the map and, boy, to do so without wrecking too much havoc will require wiping out/relocating every single shop on the east side of Algonquin Avenue from Maplewood Avenue to Airport Road. It also doesn't help that the distance between Airport Road and 17 is only 550 m. I can't see how any North-Bayers will like that.
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As swimmer spe wrote, the MTO has been looking at Hwy 11 intersecting with 17 right at the Westernmost part of the city limits. Right by where the new hospital is I believe. Some issues is that it is right beside the Duchesnay Falls conservation area and right near Nipissing First Nation. It would mean a longer section of where Hwys 17 and 11 are together. The MTO also has had plans to make the North Bay "bypass" a freeway all of the way through but I'm not sure if that has been shelved indefinitely.