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On the North Perimeter - Main St Interchange and Henderson Hwy Interchange they just finished resurfacing the cloverleaf loops last week. |
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Yeah, we are so different than North Dakota. :rolleyes: |
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The I'm so pissed Sh...t is old and tiresome. |
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Also, my understanding is that bomberjet was not only comparing road conditions, but the road infrastructure as well. The lack of proper infrastructure on much the perimeter in particular is unbeleivable. South especially. Between the multiple traffic lights (with more coming soon to an expressway near you) and left turns through the median out of the passing lane, there is no doubt that is the most dangerous highway I have ever driven. Many have died due to these issues, and sadly very likely many more to come. Is this acceptable to you too? |
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Please don't use a posters handle when someone is making a generlization comment on a page long tirade with many posters involved. I don't think about it as others due because I don't let it effect me personally, as a long time professional work related driver, and in personal driving situations, I can handle Manitoba's roads without much of a problem. Do they need improvements and more funding, sure. |
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I don't know about the soil and climate details but certainly they benefit from a much different political reality than we have in Manitoba. But that said, ND's situation doesn't excuse the lack of appropriate transportation infrastructure within the City of Winnipeg itself, where the vast majority of people and traffic in this province are. The Winnipeg CMA is around the 800,000 mark but we arguably have the transportation infrastructure of a city half that size - in addition to highways, rapid transit is conspicuous by its absence too, and even places much smaller than Winnipeg like Kitchener-Waterloo are building proper RT while we twiddle our thumbs. |
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As for proper infrastructure, yes, obviously it is below par in Manitoba. I don't think you will find any disagreement there. But again, it costs us more to build and maintain these roads/bridges/etc than basically anywhere else. We cannot just say "let's build great roads!" and voila it will happen. The money has to come from somewhere. Where should it come from? As for the south perimeter being the "most dangerous highway I have ever driven". Come on. It is a 4 lane divided highway on land that is as flat as a pancake. There aren't even any trees to obstruct your view. Where are all these fatalities you bring up? Certainly, being the most dangerous highway, I assume would be fatal accidents every couple days... weeks... months? Is the media not reporting them? |
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I understand the lack of financial resources in Manitoba. No questioning that. However if we cannot afford to build things right (as in intersections on 100/101 with an interchange) then my opinion is there shouldn't be any intersection at all. Does Kenaston really need to be connected to the perimeter right now, adding another traffic light a stones throw from the Waverley lights? It's more the decisions being made (or lack of them) that piss me off. |
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It's all part of the Red River basin. Roads west of Emerson are pitiful, roads west of Pembina are quite good. Same eastward. |
Perimeter does need a serious re-look at.
Its flawed in many aspects. If there was some serious will to do something about it, somehow the cash could be either mustered up or saved away, with the sole focus to do something about it - or at least working towards doing something about it |
My whole point was that Manitoba's major highway system is shit. All the reasons I posted add up to be problems for everybody. If the Perimeter was grade separated the whole way, but had some bumpy stretches, it would be a different story. But it's stop lights, potholes, no acceleration/deceleration lanes, etc. It's the same olds we've all outlined many times before.
And yes Cyro, I don't like to be the guy that bitches about this time and time again. But everytime I leave the Province and come back to the ancient roadway system, it's depressing.. |
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My hope is that things will get started right away before this pot of cash potentially dries up. I speak with a high up at MIT Highways regularly and there is no one more eager to get things going than him. The problem now is that they have never had the good fortune of this much money thrown at them and they are now struggling to get things designed and out the door as quickly as possible. He knows how quickly this money could disappear and wants to get the base foundation dirt flying on a number of interchanges on the south Perimeter as early as next year. |
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New @ 100/McGillivray New @ 100/330/Brady - a joint interchange New @ 100/St Mary's New @ 100/St Anne's They might not all get constructed this round but they want the base and alignment work started for the interchanges with this round of infrastructure funding. The big push is to get the median widened and new lanes built from Wilkes to Hwy 1 East and all minor access roads closed. 100/McGillivray will likely be built within the next 2 years. |
Good couple of updates Biff. Straight to the point and informative.
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In any event, I will be glad to see a new interchange go up on what is a very treacherous stretch of highway, even if it is a very simple diamond. Wouldn't the AADT volumes call for something a little more complex, though? I associate diamonds with small junctions with country roads, not major trunk highways even if they are only 2 lanes as it is in this case. |
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I am not sure if the recently redone 100/Assiniboine river crossing was built to accommodate 6 lanes. |
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