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Originally Posted by dmuzika
I think that if you want 16 Ave N to be a pedestrian-friendly, transit orientated corridor, the Trans Canada Highway needs to be rerouted.
The ring road will alleviate some of the TCH traffic, but taking Stoney Trail/East Freeway will significantly lengthen the trip through Calgary. Between the 16 Ave/Ring Road junctions, it’s approx 41 km via the ring road (when complete) as opposed to 23 km via 16 Ave.
The Trans Canada Highway should still go through Calgary, as opposed to around Calgary, so reroute Hwy 1 through Calgary via Sarcee & Glenmore Trails. Extend the Glenmore Trail freeway east of Calgary and construct a NE/SW connector to reconnect with the current TCH near Langdon, similar to what happened Yellowhead Trail west of Edmonton.
If a Glenmore extension was constructed, approx distances between Stoney Trail & Hwy 9 would be:
- 42 km via 16 Avenue N
- 49 km via Glenmore Trail/Sarcee Trail (approx, depending on alignment)
- 60 km via Stoney Trail/East Freeway
Any thoughts?
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I meant to resond to this post awhile ago and then forgot:
I agree the TCH should go through the city as freeway in addition to the ring road. I have also thought of the Sarcee-Glenmore alignment you mention and I think it would be the easiest.
Ideally though I think there should be an east-west freeway on the north side of the city. Coming from the west I was thinking of an upgraded 16th Ave. in it's current alignment to Shagannappi Tr., head north to John Laurie (lots of room to widen this puppy), and then linking up with McKnight Blv. (which the city is planning to upgrade) and then east out of the city and link up with the existing TCH. May have to switch the TCH and Bowness road alignments near the river.
Another option would be to bring the TCH in from the west along Crowchild Tr. and link up with Shag-JLB_McKnight from there. One thing I like about the Mcknight alignment is that it would service the airport as well.
Anyway, just me sharing some of my daydreams.