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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
It isn’t on amicable terms with FN’s in NEO, either. Case in point: Extension of Highway 400.
In the case of Royal Lake, maybe the compromise is to use 60-m ROW for the 4 lanes divided by 15 m of median (as opposed to 30 m) and 30-m ROW immediately to the north for service roads.
Ps: https://keephwy17north.ca/
There’s surely merit in their proposal since it leaves the current route as an EDR. |
I've never seen that link before. It just seems to me, like the case with Hwy 1 in MB through the Whiteshell, that it's always easier to build on existing infrastructure, i.e. twinning the existing route. Forging completely new ground resolves some issues, but often introduces others, especially in the type of Canadian Shield along that route. And a northerly route presents issues with access to Kenora proper. Taking the bypass through to Veterans as the main route into town might work, but not for residents of Keewatin and Norman, and that would leave a very circuitous path to link back up to the existing road into town from the west. It would also necessitate twinning the existing bypass all the way to Veterans Drive, which involves two major crossings of the Winnipeg River.
As for your suggestion re Royal Lake, it's already a really tight squeeze (think Hwy 1 past Barren Lake in MB). The optimal solution would be to work with the First Nations, but I'm not sure the current Provincial government has that in them. I suppose that time will tell, but in the meantime, nothing is happening.
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