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Roads, Highways & Infrastructure

lemongrab said:
What do you think constitutes unsafe infrastructure?
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Well leaving at grade crossings on a major national highway is definitely one example, especially for a section going though a national park. Given that this upgrade is essentially a once in a century opportunity, cutting corners like that is tantamount to criminal negligence.

In other situations, as much as I hate to say, it would probably have to be evidence based. When I lived in Deadmonton I recall reading news articles about the most dangerous intersections, and noticed how many repeats there were over the years. Some obviously should have been upgraded with an interchange, but seems that their city council is in the pocket of big car repair or something...

Truly a candidate for the dumbest city in the anglosphere :(
 
MuzikMachine said:
In Canada, being litigious would be more influential in "safety improvements" than actual capital improvements to the roadway. We'd probably end up with additional signage, a lower speed limit, extended areas of no passing, and additional closures during more inclement conditions - but not a four lane roadway. 🫣
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I guess Canada needs better lawyers too, gotta think a few multimillion wrongful death suits would change some minds...

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InfrastructureEnthusiast said:
Maybe not, but if the governments can be successfully sued for providing unsafe infrastructure, at some point it becomes more cost effective to simply build safer roads.

Or put differently...

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How would you prioritize improvements to "unsafe infrastructure" given thst it exists everywhere and the backlog would take decades to work through?
 
For the last month or so there's been a fair amount of activity on the hill (old dump site) between Highfield and Blackfoot. They started by cutting trees in August and now they are grading the hill.

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I'm thinking there is movement on the proposed 25th Ave connector overpass that was detailed a while back.
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That's a pretty important connector since it adds another level of grade separation over the cpkc (and future hsr) line.


Wonder if anyone has insight. Haven't poured over the city meeting minutes in a while..
 
Ramsayite said:
I'm thinking there is movement on the proposed 25th Ave connector overpass that was detailed a while back.
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Interesting. I hadn't heard about this. It seems to be a new interchange on Blackfoot Trail? I'm thinking that would be heavily used with through traffic to MacLeod because it's as direct as 42 Ave, but closer to downtown, and completely avoids railway crossings.

Ramsayite said:
That's a pretty important connector since it adds another level of grade separation over the cpkc (and future hsr) line.
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I don't think this branch of tracks will be used for any train to the north or west, if that's what you're referring to.
 
badc0ffee said:
Interesting. I hadn't heard about this. It seems to be a new interchange on Blackfoot Trail? I'm thinking that would be heavily used with through traffic to MacLeod because it's as direct as 42 Ave, but closer to downtown, and completely avoids railway crossings.


I don't think this branch of tracks will be used for any train to the north or west, if that's what you're referring to.
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I think route ahead has that branch noted as future (i.e never) hsr or commuter rail south


Edit: found this with a quick search in my photos. From a draft ARP. I'll peek at route ahead tomorrow
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