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Originally Posted by CoryB
Is there really enough local expertise to build several large overpass projects at the same time? The CentrePort one finished last year and the 101/59 is gearing up. After that there will likely be something happening in the south-west corners (303, 2, 3, etc). The HWY 6/101 overpass is further down the line and part of the CentrePort build out plan.
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Cory,
Don't want to be a nay-sayer, but the Provincial government blew their chance at doing the right thing on Hwy 15 and 101 a few years ago when they didn't put an overpass in place and then added insult to injury by building a THREE LANE BRIDGE over the floodway.
And here is the because:
Because, the peak times for Hwy 15 were only the two rush hours of 7 to 9 and 4 to 6. Even though truck traffic has increased two fold since their last count.
And a further because that walks the halls of the 'LEGe', because as long as the Municipality of Springfield is Conservative (rotten Ronny Schuller) and not NDP, hell could freeze over and they wouldn't get an overpass.
History tells us that the Manitoba Provincial governments plays favorites. The Conservatives have always been the best road builders, extending all the way back to Duff Roblin's father, who built the bridge to nowhere out East of St.Annes, Walter Weir, who built the YellowHead up through Minnedosa, his home constituency. And, the NDP is not without fault either, Joe Borowski, built the road (Hwy 6) to Thompson and we have a bridge North of Selkirk that went through a certain NDP'r property. Good road building brings in good voter turnout.
Chances of what you are saying will happen depends on how the polls go for the government in power, so history says.