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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Lets look at The TCH outside of Ontario.
MB is complete
SK is complete
AB is complete
NB is complete
BC, QC, PEI, NS and NL are all not fully 4 lane highways.
Ontario may have the greatest chunk, but NL is not far behind. BC has the issue with building on the mountains.
QC will be fully completed within a few years.
PEI will likely never be twinned.
NS, will likely take several decades.
Name me another country in the world with a 4 lane divided highway that stretches more than 7500 km long, and has a population density of less than 4 people per square km.
The fact is, the upgrading is based on city AADT. It is not based on actual need.
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Uh for MB, don't forget that the segment from west of Falcon Lake to provincial boundary is 2-laned. The main reason is that Canadian Shield has kicked in.
For BC, at least they're committed to twinning Highway 1, and it seems that AADT isn't the main reason. (I could have got that wrong though.) I have always thought that, if BC ends up finishing it, it will set a (very) good example for Ontario and Manitoba too.
For the last part, I was so gonna name the States, just to realize that their population density is higher. (In that case, I wonder if western China will be an appropriate example.) A 4-laned freeway that's 7.5k km long though, that did give me some perspective. :O