adamyyc
Active Member
I think the City should take the Daley approach with the vacant lots adjacent to the rail line. Will be a tough fight with CP!
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Roads, Highways & Infrastructure
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Myles86
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Chowda7
Active Member
Proposal for high speed rail between Calgary and Edmonton with connection to Red Deer. Very early stages but this has a much better chance of getting built than the Transpod proposal in my opinion
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Would be cool to have an elevated track in the median of the QEII. Not sure grade separated will be cost effective though....
darwink
Senior Member
There isn’t the need. Plenty of good potential corridors — I believe you can get down to less than 500 acres of needed or sterilized land if my memory of an AAMDC corridor study is correct.
The big question is Red Deer. If you skirt on the west side, you can build an optimal for Red Deer station which would share a bus loop with Red Deer college/polytechnic. Otherwise full bypasses would mean a park and ride and or dedicated bus route to connect Red Deer.
The big question is Red Deer. If you skirt on the west side, you can build an optimal for Red Deer station which would share a bus loop with Red Deer college/polytechnic. Otherwise full bypasses would mean a park and ride and or dedicated bus route to connect Red Deer.
outoftheice
Active Member
If this even is built, I would love to see a bus link from the Red Deer station out to Sylvan Lake. It would make a great day trip out from Calgary or Edmonton.
Myles86
Active Member
This afternoon
It looks strange seeing a such a large section of bridge being supported by one pillar. I guess they know what they are doing, but still looks precarious.
Geo_Jedi
New Member
All about the balance! Just think of balancing a broom-stick on your finger. This West Ring Road project update from May 10th does a good job explaining the technique. https://westringroad.ca/2021/05/10/project-update-may-10-2021/
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niteryder
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Here are some more Stony Trail bridge pics. These were taken Friday night from the south side / Valley Ridge. Not as far along as the north end.
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
Sometime, when my eyes and throat are stinging from smoke, and I'm reading about climbing death counts from unprecedented floods, I think about this project and am struck anew by the pure total insanity of it.
FCC1982
Active Member
I’m loving it.
Why is building a bridge “insane” ?
Why is building a bridge “insane” ?
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CBBarnett
Senior Member
Not to put words in mouth of @Silence&Motion , but I took that comment to insinuate the irony of massive, multi-billion dollar sprawl-inducing highway infrastructure under construction - that locks in several more decades of car dependence and excessive energy use, carbon output and low-efficiency land use - all in a backdrop of escalating climate disaster caused by the very thing we are investing in.I’m loving it.
Why is building a bridge “insane” ?
Such an highway investment could be deemed “insane”; especially in a world where we have 100s of public meetings and endless studies for trivial things like bike lanes, green lines, and other less expensive & more climate-friendly infrastructure.
it’s a cool looking bridge though!