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Old Posted Nov 13, 2019, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bomberjet;8747714[B
]From an outsiders perspective. I don't see how taking the bypass from one end of town to the other would be any better. It's way out there.[/B]

In Winnipeg, the only people that benefit from taking the Perimeter from one end to the other are the people who live close to it. Since nobody lives anywhere close to the bypass, it's called a bypass for just that reason. Highway traffic going around the city.
You are absolutely right. There are portions on the east and west parts of the bypass that might be used by commuters, but other than that, taking the bypass wouldn't make any commuting trips shorter in time or distance (I tested out going from SW Regina to E Regina).

We built a $2B bypass around Regina yet we still have our busiest highway in the province go down to one lane in each direction to go through a town of 90 people.
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