Awesome link, thank you! Surprised no one else has bothered to comment on this yet.
Overall great looking concept (which I have taken screen shots of and will post)
Only a couple questions. First, the renderings of the interchanges shown, are these the final options considered / chosen, or did they just post them as samples (many say concept 3 or concept 1, but don't show any of the other concepts).
Also, why isn't this being done as single project as soon as possible? Seriously, this has been studied for decades now, the entire road is 4 lanes wide and half the interchanges are already built.
It shows that there will be good money spent on "interm" solutions to the intersections before their final interchange alignments will be built. Just skip the intermediate and build the dam "long term" interchanges!
Anyways, here are the renders from south to north.
First, the overall concept map. Many of the intersections will be closed (which is the sane thing to do) as the new interchanges are added.
First up are two concepts for Haliburton / Claremont.
I think concept 1 is much better than 2
Concept 1
Concept 2
Up next is Sayward. I think this is a decent design.
I always like the use of round-a-bouts.
After that is Concept 1 of having Keating flyovers with an Island View Interchange
Concept 2 with a Keating Interchange only
Concept 3 with an Island View Interchange only.
Tsawout Interchange. This is a very preliminary concept and would be built if the First Nations Band were to build a mega shopping centre that is on their books.
Mt Newton Interchange Concept 1 using a diamond interchange.
Mt. Newton Interchange Concept 2 with Loops
And the biggest of them all, the Beacon Ave interchange.
Out of all of the proposed interchanges I believe this one is the most likely to break ground first.
It is noted as a more "immediate" need (although it still has some intermediate BS plan). Fingers crossed that at the bare minimum at least this interchange is part of the 10 billion dollar transportation being announced this spring (and they skip the intermediate step). Again, love the use of round-a-bouts.
Overall, I really like this proposal and having the #17 as a full freeway on the Island is long overdue. It definitely has a more European feel in its design I think.