Roads, Highways & Infrastructure

[trtcttc]

Maybe this was common knowledge but news to me.

"The city’s partnership with the free mobile smartphone app, Waze, means Calgarians can receive travel updates the minute traffic or construction is reported.

Different from Apple or Google Maps, Waze connects directly to the TMC, making information about present or future closures, detours, or emergency incidents more reliable. "

Calgary greets summer with tools for navigating 2025 construction traffic - LiveWire Calgary

Jackhammers will be serenading patio-goers this summer as the city expects an especially busy downtown, and they outlined what they’re prescribing to heal traffic. Members of the Traffic Services team discussed the tools they’re employing to limit construction-induced delays when giving a...

livewirecalgary.com

 

[Surrealplaces]

My son uses Waze and has been after me to use it.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

My son uses Waze and has been after me to use it.

In my experience just putting your destination into google before you go is good enough. The live tracking of traffic (because it tracks people) has never lead me wrong.

 

[FCC1982]

Maybe it's HWY 8, where I believe they are still working on the stretch over the river (but it's effectively part of the WRR project)

Some info on this here:

Highway 8 improvements: Eastbound Elbow River bridge

The eastbound Elbow River bridge will be replaced and Highway 8 twinning (west of Lott Creek Blvd to Calgary city limits) will be completed.

www.alberta.ca

 

[lemongrab]

What's the deal with this oval road? Historical images shows it was built between 2020-21...I can't really figure why it's an oval like that?

 

[darwink]

What's the deal with this oval road? Historical images shows it was built between 2020-21...I can't really figure why it's an oval like that?

Its a dry pond for storm water management.

 

[FCC1982]

Some interesting plans for the Trans Canada just east of the City limits:

https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/b5c...highway-1-garden-conrich-road-interchange.pdf

And Glenmore east:
https://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/...ail-east-functional-planning-study-report.pdf

 

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

Have there been any timelines posted for completing the outstanding Glenmore interchanges west of Stoney?

It'd be nice to have those done by the time SE LRT is complete.

 

[O-tac]

Are you talking about Barlow and 52nd? They both have dirt piles just waiting for construction. Barlow is terrible. They went from 1 set of lights to 2. How was that ever approved? I take the Shepard Road shortcut to avoid it.

 

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

Yeah, seems like those were supposed to get completed about a decade back? Guessing that SW Stoney took all the road building resources for a while, but now that Stoney is complete the final Glenmore interchanges seem like quick easy wins to do along with ph1 GL before NC LRT and the other rail projects in the north take the focus.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Glenmore interchanges seem like quick easy wins to do along with ph1 GL

You're right, how did they not tie this into the Green Line and leverage it to widen the scope even further? These fools!

 

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

You're right, how did they not tie this into the Green Line a leverage it to widen the scope even further? These fools!

Haha, not suggesting those be scoped into the GL project itself, just that it seems like an opportune time to do them as part of regular budgeted roadworks while the area is in flux anyways.