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Originally Posted by The Jabroni
The problem with this stretch of Wilkes, west of Shaftsbury, is that it runs parallel with the rail line. When the time does come to extend WCP to Wilkes, they're going to have an issue with interchanging Wilkes. Never mind making it a double lane. It's the same issue with Waverley and Sterling Lyon Parkway, and of course, Shaftsbury and Wilkes, with having an intersection along with a rail line with it.
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Yep. The proposed extension (I believe it's going to be discussed by council later this spring) would likely only go from Grant to Ridgewood for now. Nothing is going to head down to Wilkes in the near term. There are a few options for the eventual interchange at Wilkes/rail lines, including an overpass (similar to the one at the Perimeter and Wilkes) and an underpass (in which case, Wilkes would have to be realigned further south, a la Sterling Lyon @ Kenaston). There was talk years ago about realigning Wilkes a few hundred metres south of where it is now (similar to Sterling Lyon to the East) - however, it would be almost impossible now, with all those acreages that the city permitted to develop along the proposed ROW (on McCreary, Loudoun, Liberty, etc.)