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Originally Posted by esquire
eliminating at-grade access except for the one by the 59er.
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At grade access from the highway to the 59er/trailer park should be removed. Build an access road to/from the Bird's Hill park loop/overpass access. It is almost non-existent that traffic volumes would block that crossing. For the few times it is an issue put in temporary stop signs for all four directions to allow cross traffic at the site.
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In terms of if 59 needs six lanes the main issue would come down to the volume of Oak Bank/Springfield traffic during the Sunday evening lake rush back to Winnipeg. In terms of pure infrastructure spend costs the benefit is far greater on spending the cash for the six lane 59 upgrade on the long proposed Oak Bank corridor. The Oak Bank corridor route would pickup most of the origin/destination traffic south of 213 (Graven Rd) and take over a substantial amount of the HWY 15 traffic as it would effectively reroute that traffic to the north. Long term it would also connect to CPT/CCW/et all and serve as a quick connector route for north Winnipeg similar to what Bishop is supposed to be for south Winnipeg.