[thommyjo]

Anyone have thoughts on the reality of induced demand with this widening project? Having lived in Toronto, the ever widening work of the 401, which is 18 lanes in some sections, is one of the best examples of billions being spent to literally make things worse.

I can see 3 lanes being much better than 2 for flow/emergency/large truck reasons. But I hope we don't build past 3. It just encourages sprawl. We need people to look at buying in the SW and go "well i like this cheap new house...but do I want to deal with the crazy henday traffic?".

 

[ntt1]

The road is overloaded but tbh I think majority of the "congestion" can be attributed to poor driving skills (following too close, improper merging, inconsistent speeds, unnecessary braking... don't get me started).

It's designed to eventually be 4 lanes in each direction, no? I suppose that will probably become necessary at some point with all the Heritage Valley neighbourhoods popping up (and the recently annexed land to Hwy 19). But I agree that induced demand is a reality of AHD, especially in the SW area.

 

[The_Cat]

Given this road is also used as a SW bypass, there's some traffic that heads to Grande Prairie and other points north. Also, the Henday has seen the population explosion in Windermere and Ellerslie.

 

[Windermere]

Third lane is open NB from Lessard all the way to 87th. Will make my commute much nicer

 

[archited]

^^^^ Wait 'til you get to L.A. standards with 16 lanes and the traffic is still gridlocked.

 

[Airboy]

Wished they built this out with collector lanes.

 

[Platinum107]

Third lane is open NB from Lessard all the way to 87th. Will make my commute much nicer

Nicer for how long tho...

 

[Airboy]

The girders for the river crossing are still not in. which means another year before this is done.

 

[MacLac]

The girders for the river crossing are still not in. which means another year before this is done.

Am I the only one that finds this peculiar? I know it says on Carmacks website that “all” bridge decks are getting tripled but I seriously doubt it means this crossing….look at how long it took to do the Groat?!!!!!

 

[Avenuer]

^^^^ Wait 'til you get to L.A. standards with 16 lanes and the traffic is still gridlocked.

That sounds like the 401 in the GTA from 3 - 6 PM between the 427 and 400 exits haha

Thank the lord we don't have a quarter of the traffic congestion of either of those two regions!

 

[ntt1]

Yeah, I wonder what the holdup is for the river bridge... possibly supply issues or Covid-related delays? The Wedgewood Creek work has been fenced off for quite a while now so not sure how far along they are there. The other bridge near the Whitemud/87 Av also looks to be coming along nicely (does anyone know how that alignment will eventually work?).

 

[Airboy]

All the other bridges are almost ready to open. The foundation work is completed on the River crossing. they are just waiting on the girders.

 

[Gronk!]

Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion construction complete in Edmonton area | Globalnews.ca

The replacement pipeline runs nearly 50 kilometres from Trans Mountain's Edmonton Terminal in Sherwood Park to Acheson, along the south leg of Anthony Henday Drive.

globalnews.ca

 

[MacLac]

I’m one of the “12,700” working on this pipeline. The stories I’ve seen and heard would make your head spin. At the end of the day this will go down as the biggest WHITE Elephant on the “planet!” PM selfie socks has spared no expense. This will be my retirement job……11 years from now….lol

 

[Gronk!]

How's the 3 lane extension of the SW Henday coming along? I haven't driven by in a while.