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Originally Posted by vjose32
Also a cloverleaf at Leila seems completely unnecessary unless they plan on making Leila 2 lanes in both directions.
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Can't see the pictures due to issues on my end.
Keep in mind when considering intersection design that the long term vision is CPT will be free flowing from Oak Bank to St Francis Xavier. All diamonds would then see traffic on the other route (ie McPhillips, Main St) stopped.
That said, I think the plan is the traffic from Lelia and Keewatin to be merged before they join CPT. Even then the traffic is primarily going to be to/from residential at that point making a diamond with CPT free flowing far more appropriate.
In terms of Main St. the southeast corner is the only spot where there is a site constraint which would cause issues for a north bound to west bound exit. In terms of construction of any grade separation, the angles of CPT due to the river crossing strongly suggest Main St will go over CPT.
For McPhillips, as the site is largely undeveloped hopefully they do large setbacks and plan bridge spans for support a conversion to a full interchange if they initially build a diamond. It would also be wonderful to see some long merge lanes there.
One of my concerns with CPT though is that Gateway should have been a diamond from day one. Also on CCW, which is part of CPT, there is an at-grade train crossing.