itom987
Active Member
It is going to take about half an hour just to walk cross AHD using the proposed new shared use path.
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Terwillegar Drive Expansion
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IanO
Superstar
Pretty sure that's to check a box and not for anyone in their right mind to use.
yeggator
Active Member
Jesus Christ, that MUP crossing the directional ramp and the loop looks terrifying! I hope at the very least, the city installs flashing yellow pedestrian-activated lights. Knowing Edmonton drivers, one-ton hunks of metal will be barreling through those crossings at Henday speeds.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder if a pedestrian bridge on the old 16 Ave NW right-of way (West of Henday) might work better.
RH van der Rohe
New Member
Second the thoughts on the MUP. I was hoping kids could use it to bike to Windermere currents from Terwillegar. This proposal looks like a Wipeout obstacle course. People in the area have suggested a pedestrian bridge on 156 Street. Cartmell townhall is on the 19th, seems I have a reason to log in now.
Foolworm
Active Member
And the bus lane redesign is turfed. No need to spend more money for an inferior alignment.
Just noticed the Ambleside transit centre / park'n'ride isn't included either. Oh well.
Just noticed the Ambleside transit centre / park'n'ride isn't included either. Oh well.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
So why the loops and the off ramps? Or am I just looking at the design wrong?
yeggator
Active Member
Anyone know why they knocked down the lampposts along the completed portion of the MUP by Terwillegar Drive?
Foolworm
Active Member
It just seems weird. Surely high loads would prefer a less sharp turn (i.e the turn should be skewed the other way)? It looks even sharper than the loop ramps.
Moreover, why would high loads be travelling there in the first place?
I really hope the Province ponies up the extra cash to build the flyover ramps and make it the cloverstack that was originally proposed.
JaayJR
New Member
I remember the flyovers. Im sure that will happen one day in the long long future when they freeway 170st as proposed.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
The survey for phase 3 is open until May 17. I made my thoughts known about that poor pedestrian connection.
YEG imagineer
Active Member
So far am very disappointed in the future that Terwilligar Drive will have. 3 lanes plus a bus lane from, 40th Ave south and north to 40th Ave. I give it less than 1 month after it opens that traffic will be exactly the same as it was before the expansion. You build more lanes you get more traffic. Still major pinch points. The MUP on the east is nice although they removed all the trees planted from Rabbit Hill Road to 40th Ave. I assume to spend money on replanting more trees. My negative thought of the MUP is they have supersized Rabbit Hill Road, 40th Ave and likely 23 Ave and Haddow to make it even tougher to cross as a pedestrian. Overpass at 40th Ave for the same cost would have caused way less emissions than all the dirt moving. And looks like storm water ponds where roads under the overpass could have been. So I guess if they build a future overpass system, it will be even more expensive. Rant over.
IanO
Superstar
We will be revisiting this mess in <5yrs and then have to spend the dough for an actual freeway; how we are not connecting a very busy Whitemud to the AHD and fastest growing part of Edmonton is beyond me.
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Run high floor LRT down the middle in dedicated ROW.
IanO
Superstar
Remember the 60s-70s plan to have LRT to what is now Riverbend Square.