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I know through traffic is often frowned upon, but does anyone else find this design as weird as I do? Especially around 178 Ave SE.

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I'd guess it's a cost thing, wouldnt be a huge demand that way. Most commuters can still go to 52nd street to get onto Stoney/Deerfoot.
 
So if 196 AV isn't gonna be built till later, what's the point of this project happening now, if there's no connection at 178 AV?
 
A few Ring Road updates from December
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December 2019 project update - West Calgary Ring Road

Here’s a snapshot of what’s happening on the project. If you’d like a bird’s eye view, check out this video. We understand construction on a project of this magnitude is challenging. Thank you for your understanding while we finish the Calgary Ring Road. With the opening of the WCRR in 2022...
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Bow River Bridge construction
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We were driving NE/SE Stoney last night and I noticed how bright everything was. All the street lights are very bright white LED’s. They aren’t the orange dim ones the rest of the city are. Is there a reason for that? It was quite a pleasure to drive I must say
 
Golfing guy said:
We were driving NE/SE Stoney last night and I noticed how bright everything was. All the street lights are very bright white LED’s. They aren’t the orange dim ones the rest of the city are. Is there a reason for that? It was quite a pleasure to drive I must say
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Likely just newer infrastructure, over time they will probably all get changed I would think?
 
Golfing guy said:
We were driving NE/SE Stoney last night and I noticed how bright everything was. All the street lights are very bright white LED’s. They aren’t the orange dim ones the rest of the city are. Is there a reason for that? It was quite a pleasure to drive I must say
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The older amber lights were incandescent and the new white ones are LED. There's no point in making LED's as amber lighting because it's the same amount of electricity either way, so they always go with the bright white.
 
Zoom said:
The older amber lights were incandescent and the new white ones are LED. There's no point in making LED's as amber lighting because it's the same amount of electricity either way, so they always go with the bright white.
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I drive Calgary as part of my job and every street light (especially City owned roads) are all the barely bright enough to help LED lights. NW Stoney trail has the same “dull” ones too. The lights on the east legs of Stoney are so much brighter I tried finding something online about it but I couldn’t.
 
Golfing guy said:
I drive Calgary as part of my job and every street light (especially City owned roads) are all the barely bright enough to help LED lights. NW Stoney trail has the same “dull” ones too. The lights on the east legs of Stoney are so much brighter I tried finding something online about it but I couldn’t.
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An astronaut on board ISS posted a picture recently, you might be on to something. Lol.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1214331112253771778
 
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