darwink
Senior Member
It would be a multi-month process, like when the SW Ring Road was repaired/replaced in Edmonton.
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Roads, Highways & Infrastructure
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DougB
Senior Member
When it was concrete, the expansion joint seals seemed to need replacement every year or two. Calgary's freeze-thaw cycle exact a toll
JoeUrban
Active Member
In 2014 Chestermere approved the "Waterbridge" ASP with plans to extend Memorial to Rainbow road, with a jog north to avoid wetlands
MuzikMachine
New Member
Petition to twin the Trans Canada Highway though Yoho National Park: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5111.
FCC1982
Active Member
Thanks for posting that petition MM - the Yoho twinning really needs to get done.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
They should twin it and raise the speed limit to 110!
FCC1982
Active Member
Would be nice to have a twinned TCH all the way to Golden.
DougB
Senior Member
The Yoho section isn't all that busy and traverses mostly gentle terrain. The ugly parts on the TCH are Rogers and Eagle Passes.
Cyric
Active Member
I'd like to see them go after some easy wins for a bit. The Kicking Horse section was really nice to drive through this summer with 2 lanes in each direction and was absolutely necessary, but it was 20 years and $900ish million dollars in the making. For the next billion dollars you could probably twin/realign through the 20km of three valley gap or you could twin two or three times that with some of those easier sections.
DougB
Senior Member
Yoho would be easy except for the Big Hill and the 4km section of fill leading into Field. I'm unsure if additional fill to accomidate 4 lanes would pass environmental review. The Big Hill would take considerable blasting.
I have no idea how they would widen through the snow sheds in Rogers. Maybe build new sheds that encompass the old ones and new lanes then demolish the old ones. Maybe build as much as possible for the new sheds, demolish the old ones and leave sections unprotected for a year or two while the new sheds are completed. Maybe build the new lanes elevated above the avalanche paths, shift traffic to them, demolish sheds and then build new elecated lanes as replacements,
I have no idea how they would widen through the snow sheds in Rogers. Maybe build new sheds that encompass the old ones and new lanes then demolish the old ones. Maybe build as much as possible for the new sheds, demolish the old ones and leave sections unprotected for a year or two while the new sheds are completed. Maybe build the new lanes elevated above the avalanche paths, shift traffic to them, demolish sheds and then build new elecated lanes as replacements,
FCC1982
Active Member
Yoho twinning is designed and Detailed Impact Assessment is complete so it’s pretty much ready to go once funding is approved.
Not likely to happen under the current Liberal-NDP government but maybe if the conservatives win the next election.
Here are a couple of websites:
parks.canada.ca
Not likely to happen under the current Liberal-NDP government but maybe if the conservatives win the next election.
Here are a couple of websites:
Trans-Canada Highway Improvements
Trans-Canada Highway improvements, highway twinning, detailed impact assessment, public engagement, wildlife crossing structures, and highway fencing.
darwink
Senior Member
Fed liberals have funded quite a bit of work in the parks so far. Its more, the funding cycles have to align with some political will and construction capacity. Now that Kicking Horse Canyon is wrapping up, there is more slack in the market again in the area.Yoho twinning is designed and Detailed Impact Assessment is complete so it’s pretty much ready to go once funding is approved.
Not likely to happen under the current Liberal-NDP government but maybe if the conservatives win the next election.
Here are a couple of websites:
Trans-Canada Highway Improvements
Trans-Canada Highway improvements, highway twinning, detailed impact assessment, public engagement, wildlife crossing structures, and highway fencing.
InfrastructureEnthusiast
New Member
Thanks for posting the links!Yoho twinning is designed and Detailed Impact Assessment is complete so it’s pretty much ready to go once funding is approved.
Not likely to happen under the current Liberal-NDP government but maybe if the conservatives win the next election.
Here are a couple of websites:
Trans-Canada Highway Improvements
Trans-Canada Highway improvements, highway twinning, detailed impact assessment, public engagement, wildlife crossing structures, and highway fencing.
While I know it would delay at least part of the project a bit, I really think this needs to get sent back to the drawing board to eliminate those three remaining intersections. The one at Field in particular seems like it should be fairly simple to engineer away.
Canada's tendency to cut corners on infrastructure projects is really shortsighted and the eventual fixes and upgrades are always more expensive than doing it right the first time..
InfrastructureEnthusiast
New Member
Snoqualmie pass in Washington state seems like a good example to follow for Rogers pass improvements. They went with avalanche resistant bridges instead of larger snow-sheds, similar capital cost but cheaper to maintain.
I recall reading a more detailed article a while back, but can't find the link right now, but this article summarizes it nicely.
Bridges or snowshed?
A majority of people commenting on a proposal to build avalanche-resistant bridges instead of a new snowshed on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass are in favor of the plan, according
CBBarnett
Senior Member
There's a lot going on. Quietly (for the past 30+ years) BC is slowly chipping away at the overall corridor between Alberta and Kamloops, a handful of kilometres at a time. Another site to check periodically:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/highway1-kamloops-alberta
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/highway1-kamloops-alberta