IanO
Superstar
It's infuriating to see this kind of thing when it's often backed up 106st to 99ave and that dual turning lane is vital at rush hour, post-events etc.
Stupid.
Stupid.
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106st-107st streetscaping
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northlands
Senior Member
Feels like it’ll be a miracle if this is finished before winter.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Wow, what's taking so long?
IanO
Superstar
archited
Senior Member
^ In its present state there is none.
IanO
Superstar
Been watching the traffic flow here post-work the last few days and it has become significantly impacted in a very negative way.
Due to the reduction from 2->1 lane, especially south of 99ave-97ave, traffic backs up onto 99ave and messed up east west flow.
It took 2-3 times as long to get south onto 97ave.
Lots of folks now cutting down alleys to try and avoid things.
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Due to the reduction from 2->1 lane, especially south of 99ave-97ave, traffic backs up onto 99ave and messed up east west flow.
It took 2-3 times as long to get south onto 97ave.
Lots of folks now cutting down alleys to try and avoid things.
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thommyjo
Senior Member
Keep the emails to admin and councillors going.
David A
Senior Member
I still really don't understand why they feel this change was necessary. This is a road going through a fairly busy mixed commercial area of the downtown core, not a quiet residential street with schools and playgrounds.
The_Cat
Senior Member
There are only three major south routes out of downtown.
dkazzed
Active Member
Towards 40 projects are typically in areas with high number of concerns from area residents for pedestrian safety due to low safety compliance by drivers. While they've normally been completed on collectors roads, this is the first one done on an arterial road. While most bike lane and traffic calming projects would likely pass Devin Dreeshen's proposed traffic study requirement, this one would likely fail it. Now, amalgamating pedestrian safety with maintaining traffic capacity is always a tough one but they could have done so with proper concrete work to daylight pedestrians and shorten crossing distances, raised cross walks rated to 40 km/h, pedestrian signals. Instead, they gave us temporary concrete curbs and diverters and reduced traffic to one lane. A new north sidewalk on 98 Ave between 105 St and 106 St would be an added bonus.
ADob
Active Member
I said it before and I'll say it again: 106 St does not need calming; 105 St does. As a pedestrian or cyclist, I have not once felt unsafe, ignored, unseen, unstopped-for on 106 St. All of those things happen every single time I cross 105 St. This is fixing a problem that does not exist. I'm baffled, baby, baffled!
ADob
Active Member
I'd love if they put in actual traffic lights, not just pedestrian crossing lights which will be ignored by the dingbat in the furthest lane because of course. Of course these days red lights seem to be nothing more than a suggestion, so maybe it wouldn't make any difference after all...
IanO
Superstar
We've WAY overdone it with new lights in so many places around the city.
I get the need to address safety, but holy molly flow is now a mess across many parts that have new lights versus 3/4 way stops or simply merge/flow lanes.
Let alone the cost of that infrastructure...
I get the need to address safety, but holy molly flow is now a mess across many parts that have new lights versus 3/4 way stops or simply merge/flow lanes.
Let alone the cost of that infrastructure...
ADob
Active Member
Well, something needs to change there. I seriously fear for my life on both those crosswalks.
northlands
Senior Member
On 107 ave between 124 st to 109 st they have added eight new traffic lights since 2015.
Some were definitely needed but hard to argue the rest weren't a bit excessive.... anyway back to 106/107 st streetscaping