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Originally Posted by lubicon
......A simple bypass of the town would be a relatively cheap option to implement. Stoney Trail will serve to route traffic to the SE portions of Calgary so there is no real benefit to building an entirely new 4 lane highway to link up to 22X . Given the cost of doing that I don't see the point.......
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Any simple bypass of Strathmore would definitely fragment farmland, exactly what the county folks claim they don't want.
As for SE Calgary destinations being served by Stoney from the TCH, 901 and 22X are being used for that now including an ever-increasing number of trucks. I started using that much quicker route even back when it was still gravel and you had to dip south to 24 and go past Carseland.
Moving the TCH to the 901/22X alignment makes the most sense. Once arriving in the SE corner of the city, traffic from the east can take Stoney north or continue on Stoney west. It also eliminates all that useless mileage of going north just to go south again
Also, 901/22X would put off the need for a Strathmore bypass for decades.