Shaganappi at Country Hills in Calgary's northern suburbs. Glenmore at Barlow in Eastern Calgary. Every major intersection along Burnhamthorpe, Dundas, Queensway and Hurontario in Mississauga (especially any intersection involving both of them). Queensway and Cawthra is a huge at-grade intersection. Bathurst and Centre in Thornhill is big. Queen and Dixie, Chunguacousy and Steeles, both in Brampton. Dixie and Mississauga in Mississauga in the middle of a modern industrial park. Derry and Winston Churchill in Mississauga.
These are all just simple, right angle intersections of two 6 lane roads though, nothing complex like at Winnipeg's IKEA. While those examples have more lanes of traffic using the intersection, the one at IKEA has more turning lanes.
I hate to agree with rtd but Edmonton does have these types of intersections. That said they are in areas that don't warrant an overpass, where it does Edmonton does a very good job at putting in interchanges.
Route 90 is poorly planned to move traffic, the intersection near Lindenwoods and White Ridge should have been an interchange.
I wouldn't mind seeing diamond interchanges at least. When Sterling Lyon and the Kenaston underpass were built, that would've been as good a place as any to start (Sterling Lyon being the route exposed to the traffic lights).
I wouldn't mind seeing diamond interchanges at least. When Sterling Lyon and the Kenaston underpass were built, that would've been as good a place as any to start (Sterling Lyon being the route exposed to the traffic lights).
That would make "too" much sense, Remember, we do live in Winnipeg!
Located in a high growth area of Winnipeg, DHPY created a master plan for Fairweather Properties for a 220-acre site with 1.5 million sf of commercial space. Anchored by IKEA, the plan calls for specialty and big box retail, a 500-key hotel with water park and conference space, movie theatre, restaurants, residential and a signifigant amount of site ammenties such as ice skating. The majority of the site is in partnership with IKEA, the swedish retailer that typically co-develops projects in Europe. This development is particularly important for IKEA becasue it marks the first time it will co-develop a project in North America, following its global strategy.
We aren't going to be getting many interchanges in Winnipeg. We can't afford them (I'm not sure how other cities do), and that's simply the way it is.
The provincial government chips in. Almost every major road construction project here is mostly funded by the province. We also have various development agencies that contribute funds to infrastructure development.
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I wouldn't mind seeing diamond interchanges at least. When Sterling Lyon and the Kenaston underpass were built, that would've been as good a place as any to start (Sterling Lyon being the route exposed to the traffic lights).
Yeah, I've been wondering why they don't consider diamond interchanges around here. Granted some intersections have significant turn movements, which diamonds don't work well for... (perhaps double-left turn laning?) but they're cost-effective for keeping a major artery's through-traffic flowing.
There has been nothing said about the project being cancelled, there are still crews on site actively working on the property and there has been no change in Winnipeg by-laws that would step in at this time to cancel the Kenaston IKEA development.
So what exactly makes the question legitimate?
This sounds more like a whiny "holier-than-thou" post about IKEA phrased in the form of a question.
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