HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Atlantic Provinces > Halifax > Transportation & Infrastructure


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #1  
Old Posted May 6, 2009, 9:06 PM
DigitalNinja DigitalNinja is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 964
Highway 101 - Margeson Drive Interchange & Extension | Completed

I was driving to my friends house today and noticed some signs up and tress cut down for the new ramps just past the lucas ville road. Looks like this will eliviate some of the traffic getting into Sackville during supper time.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #2  
Old Posted May 6, 2009, 10:22 PM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Yep thats the Maroon Drive Interchange in Upper Sackville. I believe its a five lane wide road that will connect to Sackville Drive removing some traffic on Beaverbank Rd. The interchange itself is just a standard diamond shape.

I think its on one of my maps but I'll check in a little while.

I didn't relize they were starting this so soon. I thought it was going to be begun after the Larry Uteck Interchange.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #3  
Old Posted May 6, 2009, 11:53 PM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Here's the general location (Live Search Maps). But please keep in mind its not accurate.

Also included is a connection to Westmorland Ridge, the removal of Old Sackville Extension Drive southern junction with Sackville Drive and an extension of Victory Lane to Maroon Drive.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #4  
Old Posted May 7, 2009, 12:29 AM
DigitalNinja DigitalNinja is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 964
I can't view it on my Mac
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #5  
Old Posted May 7, 2009, 3:30 AM
Aya_Akai's Avatar
Aya_Akai Aya_Akai is offline
Dartmouth Girl
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Halifax
Posts: 606
Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalNinja View Post
I can't view it on my Mac
I can lol.

It works great... there are a few things that need updating on there though!!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #6  
Old Posted May 7, 2009, 3:54 AM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Quote:
Originally Posted by HaliStreaks View Post
I can lol.

It works great... there are a few things that need updating on there though!!
If you're talking about the map itself yes I'll admit I'm missing a crap load of stuff on there.

Windows Live and Google really need to update their images sometime soon. I think they're from 2005 or something right now.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #7  
Old Posted May 7, 2009, 12:36 PM
hfx_chris hfx_chris is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Dartmouth, NS
Posts: 1,450
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ View Post
Windows Live and Google really need to update their images sometime soon. I think they're from 2005 or something right now.
Depends on the area, since it's all a mish-mash of imagery from various dates stitched together.
Most of Windows Live uses imagery that appears to be taken of the Halifax-Dartmouth area from last summer, but you're right Googles imagery on maps.google.ca hasn't been updated in a while. They do have the more up to date imagery in Google Earth however, you just have to use the historical imagery option.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #8  
Old Posted May 25, 2009, 3:47 PM
Spitfire75 Spitfire75 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Halifax
Posts: 253
Do we know when this is expected to be finished? I can't seem to find the case on Halifax's website.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #9  
Old Posted May 25, 2009, 7:12 PM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spitfire75 View Post
Do we know when this is expected to be finished? I can't seem to find the case on Halifax's website.
I don't know about a completion date but the project is on a provincial highway and being funded by the province so I would try "www.gov.ns.ca".
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #10  
Old Posted Jun 15, 2009, 6:45 PM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
10.1.4 Margeson Drive Cost Sharing Agreement (1.2 Mb)

This is the cost-sharing agreement between HRM and the Province for the interchange and construction of the first phase of Margeson Drive between Highway 101 and Trunk 1.

The last page on the document has a map of the future road.

BTW This thread should be renamed "Margeson Drive Interchange" and should be moved to the Transportation and Infastructure section.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #11  
Old Posted Feb 5, 2010, 2:07 AM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
So according to my sources this interchange will be open this Fall (2010).

Similar to the Larry Uteck Interchange the two intersections created by the ramps will have roundabouts installed.

And the Park 'N Ride lot will be 350 spots and when opened the Sackville MetroLink will extend up to here.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #12  
Old Posted Mar 19, 2010, 11:08 PM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
The overpass is now half done out there.

Man the overpass is at a steep angle to the highway.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #13  
Old Posted May 20, 2010, 3:20 PM
DigitalNinja DigitalNinja is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 964
I don't know if the following is new thread worthy. But there is an area by the margeson drive over pass (Right behind sackville heights elementary) That is getting a new subdivision as well. About 420 housing units are to be put in there with 2 4 story (Cookie cutter) Apartments. I can see this development from my house. I can't find a map, but here is a document on it.

http://www.halifax.ca/commcoun/nwcc/...33suppinfo.pdf
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #14  
Old Posted Jun 12, 2010, 1:59 AM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Middle Sackville to get traffic roundabout
Halifax News Net
By Yvette d’Entremont-The Weekly News

The community of Middle Sackville will be home to a provincial traffic roundabout by the end of this year.
During a Northwest Community Council meeting in April, the province’s senior highway design engineer Keith Boddy shared plans for the Margeson Drive Interchange and Connector with a packed audience gathered at Millwood High School.
“Our plans are coming to fruition. Ramps and the connection to the highway will be done this season,” Boddy told the crowd. “The Interchange to Trunk 1 has to be completed by November. Asphalt has to be down. The (entire) project has to be done before March 31 or we don’t get federal funding.”
Boddy was quick to assure everyone the proposed roundabout bore absolutely no resemblance to the Mic Mac Rotary, but pointed instead to successful and similar models in Avonport and Windsor.
He shared a series of projected images and explained the differences between rotaries and roundabouts. He also noted that statistics demonstrate these kinds of installations are significantly safer than traditional intersection/interchange systems.
“There are seven of these style interchanges going forward (in Nova Scotia) this year,” Boddy explained. “It is seen as one of the safest types of intersections/interchanges in the world.”
The roundabout plan presented to the community is designed so vehicles must yield on entry and proceed when there’s a safe gap.
“If someone blows through a yield, you have a sideswipe or rear end collision. At a slower operating speed, collisions are a lot less severe than getting hit head-on or t-boned at a traditional intersection,” Boddy said.
Vehicles on the Middle Sackville roundabout could expect an estimated delay time of between six and 12 seconds. Boddy suggested that might be welcome in a growing area where traffic delays are notorious.
In addition, the roundabout’s proposed design ensures that it will function for about 20 years. Boddy said the roadway would remain open while under construction, but he didn’t expect traffic delays would be significant.
The roundabout will be located on a Middle Sackville portion of Sackville Drive at Margeson Drive, not far from the Atlantic Gardens property.
Local MLA Mat Whynott said when he first learned about the planned roundabout, he was worried. But he quickly came onboard and believes the majority of local residents also support the project.
“I’ve been out canvassing and informing people on the Sackville side of the riding, and so far 99 per cent have no problems with it as long as the project gets done,” Whynott said last week. “Education around how to use roundabouts is important and is really the key here.”
The vast majority of public speakers with questions after Boddy’s April 22 presentation were in favour of the idea, although some expressed their concerns about getting used to a roundabout.
Whynott said he’s focusing on public awareness and is anxious to see the federal/provincial cost-shared project move ahead.
“The project has to be done by March, and it doesn’t make sense to be putting pavement down in mid January,” he said. “The whole project will be done by December, 2010.”
The Sackville Drive roundabout is a provincial project cost shared with the federal government. However, HRM is also considering the installation of roundabouts at four downtown Halifax sites.
Residents were unhappy with municipal officials who tried last week to explain the rationale behind one proposed roundabout at the corner of Novalea, Duffus and Devonshire streets.
Last month municipal councillors unanimously supported, in principle, the idea of roundabouts in HRM. Regional council will determine whether such projects proceed.


ydentremont@hfxnews.ca
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #15  
Old Posted Jul 31, 2010, 4:09 AM
DigitalNinja DigitalNinja is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 964
Before I left they did not even start the ramps yet. Any idea if this has been started now?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #16  
Old Posted Jul 31, 2010, 7:04 AM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalNinja View Post
Before I left they did not even start the ramps yet. Any idea if this has been started now?
I've been through the area about once a month for awhile now (and will be for two more years at least). The last time I checked the ramps had not begun construction yet.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #17  
Old Posted Jul 31, 2010, 10:48 AM
Canadian_Bacon's Avatar
Canadian_Bacon Canadian_Bacon is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 239
I go by this often. They have the overpass up, but it looks like they're leaving it for now. All the machines (excavators etc.) are gone. Nothing has been done to the site for awhile now.
__________________
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #18  
Old Posted Jul 31, 2010, 4:50 PM
DigitalNinja DigitalNinja is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 964
That sucks, was hoping this would be complete soon.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #19  
Old Posted Aug 31, 2010, 2:29 AM
Dmajackson's Avatar
Dmajackson Dmajackson is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: B3K Halifax, NS
Posts: 9,294
Crews are back at the site putting the base down for the ramps.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #20  
Old Posted Aug 31, 2010, 3:52 PM
Canadian_Bacon's Avatar
Canadian_Bacon Canadian_Bacon is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 239
Yea, the machines are back and have been for a couple weeks now. They appear to be working full steam on this, and making good progress.
__________________
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Atlantic Provinces > Halifax > Transportation & Infrastructure
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 7:12 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.