I like your thoughts, however the Jolly Cut is way to bust to take out a lane. Look at this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattlori/3234563125/
'Tried to embed but it didn't work so you will have to take the link!
Ya maybe there was an accident or it was because of snow but regardless its still a very busy rd and if they close james mt rd for LRT at some point thats potentially even more traffic on the access and the claremont.