Calgary's ring road, decades in the making, now complete
Following years of intensive work and decades of planning, Calgary's ring road is now complete.
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SlippinJimmy
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Well then I might be going for a full, nonstop lap around the city tomorrow finally after waiting all these yearsCalgary's ring road, decades in the making, now complete
Following years of intensive work and decades of planning, Calgary's ring road is now complete.calgary.ctvnews.ca
CalgaryTiger
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10 months ahead of schedule! Thank you El Nino.Calgary's ring road, decades in the making, now complete
Following years of intensive work and decades of planning, Calgary's ring road is now complete.
Now we see how much traffic is diverted off Sarcee, I'm very curious...
Finally, god speed to the Glenmore and 14th Street bottleneck.
AtlanticAvenue
Active Member
SRC grand prix? 1 lap around the city winner takes all!
Paper Boy
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SlippinJimmy
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Meanwhile the south Bow River Bridge project still far from being done...
Which bridge/project is that?
ctraindude
New Member
It’s the Bow River Bridge project on Stoney Trail just south of Fish Creek Park - formerly known as 22X. And the bridge project that is seemingly taking longer than building the entire West Calgary Ring Road.
lemongrab
Active Member
It's actually 2 months behind original schedule, which is not too so bad (as my toddler would say).
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I bet other roads are noticeably quieter for a few months, then more people will start driving and traffic will be back to where it was. This will be the perfect example of induced demand I bet.
Sambo
New Member
probably not.
SlippinJimmy
New Member
No but 14 St has never been as bad as it used to be since TTN Tr opened. There are only so many people to feed into the induced demand.
I don't see how induced demand will apply until there is significant redevelopment in the area which would take years and much population growth
Mountain Man
Senior Member
The deep SW is a different story though, it only had McLeod Tr and 14st as access points for communities south of Fish Creek. The east section of the ring road dropped traffic on Deerfoot for about 3 months, then it was the same as before. I see the same happening with Sarcee.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
The only habit change that I foresee is perhaps people whom went along memorial to Crowchild to access communities between Crowchild and Sarcee may feel like they can use Sarcee instead. IMO there will not be a lot of people who make that change.
This will definitely speed up trips from Glenmore to Winsport, for example. Or, really, anywhere in the south half of the city to Winsport.