Regina's Bypass highway route priced at $2 billion and circles 3/4 of the city opens this next month. The Province announced today that the West portion of the route will be labelled part of Highway #11 that leads to Saskatoon and the Southern and Eastern portion will become part of the Highway #1 TransCanada highway.
Meanwhile this last week,
The
Saskatoon Perimeter Freeway functional planning study released a press release showing first of three Phases showing northern portion of route including 3 of the 4 planned interchanges on that section of freeway.
Timelines
• Phase 1 – early 2020
• Completion of Functional Plan - 2021
• Completed ROW requirements
• Land Purchase
• Allows for advanced purchase if allocated budget
• Willing seller – willing buyer
• Construction
• No scheduled construction timelines
• Potential of 10 – 15 years in future
• Anticipated need at a city population of 400k,
functioning to 750k.
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