niteryder
Active Member
Stoney Trail Bridge construction pics taken a few nights ago. They're still working on the bridge where it anchors into the hill on the south side.
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Mountain Man
Senior Member
Can't wait till this is done and I can see what's left of the trails on the slope there. Used to be like Banff with the big mossy trees, owls and other animals.
Construction to begin this year on major Deerfoot Trail improvements
Calgarians should see a 15 per cent time reduction in their morning commute once construction is complete, the province says.
calgaryherald.com
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Funny to see the justification numbers: 15-20% commute reduction, hundreds of thousands hours, hundreds of millions in money/time created. Between now and 2027 how many more people will move into the SE. What will help this, is the completion of the ring road.Construction to begin this year on major Deerfoot Trail improvements
Calgarians should see a 15 per cent time reduction in their morning commute once construction is complete, the province says.
darwink
Senior Member
It will be nice to get rid of the inconvenient weaves and hopefully implement solutions where weaving creates standing waves where capacity is otherwise adequate.
MichaelS
Senior Member
DougB
Senior Member
Yeah the section between the Calf Robe Bridge and 24th/Douglasdale has some scary weaves. Simply reducing accidents should reduce congestion.
DougB
Senior Member
The far SE is going to explode no matter what as it has the greatest inventory of easily developable land. The SE ring road is what really opened it up. The SW ring road is more of a sprawl enabler heading west along 22X, ex. Alpine Park. I could see traffic growing immensely on Glenmore easy of Deerfoot, and need for a high capacity connection between Glenmore and 22x somewhere east of Stoney in the not too distant future
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
You're not wrong, I just know for me (lives in SW, has family in the SE south of Stoney), this construction will mean that I likely take Stoney now instead of Glenmore/Deerfoot. Which isn't the worst thing.
FCC1982
Active Member
Beautiful.
Thanks for posting niteryder
FCC1982
Active Member
I’m most curious to see what they build at Deerfoot & Glenmore. If they don’t fix the current ridiculous NB to WB movement through the auto mall - it’s a fail.Construction to begin this year on major Deerfoot Trail improvements
Calgarians should see a 15 per cent time reduction in their morning commute once construction is complete, the province says.
darwink
Senior Member
I don’t think that is within the current scope? So much consultation over the years hard to keep straight.
FCC1982
Active Member
I know right.
Lots of plans floating around.
Lots of plans floating around.
niteryder
Active Member
Stoney Trail Bridge construction: Scaffolding has been removed from the south end of the bridge. It also looks like they are finalizing the shape of the river bank on the south side and rebuilding the bike path that switch-backed up the hill.
These shots were taken a few nights earlier (before my camera ran out of juice):
These shots were taken a few nights earlier (before my camera ran out of juice):
FCC1982
Active Member
Great photos - the twin bridges look very nice together. 