QE2 and 65 Avenue interchange - Leduc

[Edmcowboy11]

65 Avenue | City of Leduc

The 65th Avenue Interchange project is a joint effort between the City of Leduc, Alberta Transportation, and the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority. This includes a new overpass over the QEII, new on-off ramps from the QEII, improvements to some existing ramps, intersection improvements at 65...

www.leduc.ca

Leduc 65 Avenue project drives recovery

A new interchange at QEII Highway and 65 Avenue in Leduc will create more than 470 jobs and improve access to key freight hubs.

www.alberta.ca

So I saw the press conference stating this project will be moving forward. Glad to see this is coming.

 

[The_Cat]

Fly-through: https://www.leduc.ca/65th-avenue-project/65th-avenue-interchange-virtual-fly-through

 

[Platinum107]

Don't get me wrong, optimizing the road network is a good thing overall, but maybe instead of continuing the trend of always expanding highways and add more interchanges, maybe there should be a push to create commuter rail lines and buses to better connect Edmonton with it's suburbs, just a thought 🤷‍♂️

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Except in this case this is about improving the connectivity between Leduc and the airport, not connectivity to Edmonton.

 

[Platinum107]

@Edmcowboy11 In either case there should be a shift towards more investment in public transit between two places as opposed to always expanding road networks.

 

[The_Cat]

At least Leduc has an opportunity to be part of a bus link that can head through the International Airport en route to Edmonton.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

@Edmcowboy11 In either case there should be a shift towards more investment in public transit between two places as opposed to always expanding road networks.

Oh I agree, transit needs to ever be expanded. But just remember if there isn't a good network of roadways, public transit cannot function well. This interchange will potentially improve the transit routes in and out of the airport and businesses.

 

[The_Cat]

I also think this interchange will be another crossing point between East and West Leduc. The perimeter road around the airport will facilitate the next step in development.

 

[archited]

@Platinum107 what would you call that thing that is under the wheels of a bus.

 

[Platinum107]

@archited OMG I literally said at the beginning of my first post that optimizing the road network was a good thing, and I'll expand on it and say that In certain doses and areas I support it (such as here), but always adding onto the common road needs to stop being the default everywhere to increase transport capacity. Try investing in a frequent bus network with some dedicated bus lanes here and there. Oh, demand is outweighing efficiency? Create a passenger rail network and add dedicated tracks here and there! I'm not a crazy who wants all cars to be banished to the underworld and I understand that infrastructure needs to be made for them, but still 😕

 

[archited]

^^^^ see my post under Transportation Safety and Vision Zero

 

[ION]

What I still want to see is a proper regional commuter rail plan created. I see some vague statements about one in the buzz about regional transit planning but nothing ever concrete. There is so much potential to re-use existing corridors as long as CP/CN are game to work with the city/province. Having said that, I have a feeling nothing will happen before 2023 at the very least for obvious reasons... Cough, cough... Jason "The Joker" Kenney...

 

[Gronk!]

Highway construction to begin on Edmonton airport trade corridor - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

The new interchange, which will create close to 700 jobs is set to start construction in late 2022 and take three years to complete.

globalnews.ca

 

[MacLac]

Speak of the devil

 

[Avenuer]

Speak of the devil

Good timing!