[St. John's] Transport development (Highways, Airport, and Public Transit)

[Offshore1]

Story from the CBC with the CEO of YYT discussing future parking plans, which "may include a garage", as well as changing priorities for various expansion projects. Decision to be made late this year or early 2027.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7207093

[Offshore1]

Interesting story I saw on social media first. It's a pilot project in Ontario to add alternating passing lanes to a couple of sections of highway, (2 + 1) less cost presumably than twinning while improving safety. Apparently they're common in parts of Europe. It would definitely improve the TCH in this province. Since twinning is almost as much of a pipe dream as a tunnel to Labrador this should be a viable option.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/...n-north-americas-first-21-highway-pilot/

https://highway11pilot.ca/about-the-project/

[daniel0001]

Originally Posted by Offshore1

Interesting story I saw on social media first. It's a pilot project in Ontario to add alternating passing lanes to a couple of sections of highway, (2 + 1) less cost presumably than twinning while improving safety. Apparently they're common in parts of Europe. It would definitely improve the TCH in this province. Since twinning is almost as much of a pipe dream as a tunnel to Labrador this should be a viable option.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/...n-north-americas-first-21-highway-pilot/

https://highway11pilot.ca/about-the-project/

We already have this here all around the island. It just isn't divided by a barrier. It would be a nice upgrade to add a barrier and turnarounds to improve safety if twinning wasn't an option

[Offshore1]

Would seem to be steady progress in the area of the TGH / Brookfield Rd. I happened to drive east on Brookfield Rd. from Mount Pearl and there was fresh pavement leading from to Brookfield towards the roundabout. I didn't notice how far it extends as I was driving. Presumably once that stretch is connected to the roundabout for bypass purposes, they can proceed with the actual crossing of Brookfield with the TGH. There are some barriers in place of course to steer traffic through the area right now. Further along the retaining wall over the precast tunnel entrance to the experimental farm appears close to to topping out.