I work in the south end of the city, but yesterday I had to take the north Perimeter to get to an event...wow, is it ever busy at rush hour times.
I was on it at 7:30 am WB and it was bumper to bumper (both lanes) from Lagimodiere west to Brookside. On the way home at 3:30 it was much worse, being bumper to bumper stop and go traffic between Brookside and Pipeline because of the stupid traffic lights at Pipeline. I was stopped EB just east of the Brookside interchange. Then heavy bumper to bumper going 90km the rest of the way to Lagimodiere.
6 lanes would definitely help on this stretch. Main, Henderson and the river crossing needs to be addressed as it really becoming a safety issue with the weaving, entering and exiting all in the one right hand lane.
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