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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
I guess not, seeing that stunt driving charges have been up by 50%.
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I’ve always been curious how Hanlon Parkway will be grade-separated from Paisley Road, between the interchange with Wellington Street W and Westwood Road Overpass. The main concern, as it seems to me, is that both are already grade-separated from the Kitchener Go Train Line (Speedville Subdivision...?) and that the intersection’s really close to both rail overpasses.
The proximity to Wellington Street interchange precludes the option of converting that to RIRO. Making Paisley Road go under Highway 6 will mean steeper grade, not to mention the extensive closure of the street to make that happen, and closing Hanlon Parkway (or even lane reduction) is out of the question.
I see an option to completely realign Paisley Road to the “south” of the rail tracks, fly it over Highway 6 and end it at Silvercreek Parkway S. The issues with that are that:
(1) The Paisley Road rail overpass completely goes to waste;
(2) Grade-separating the rail from Silvercreek Parkway is out of question;
What will be the best thing to do in this case?
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I have always wondered what are they going to do to grade-separate the Hanlon and Paisley, considering the overpasses as you stated. Their isn't really that much space between Wellington, the railway and Westwood.
I agree that they can't shut down the Hanlon, or close a lane. The road is bad enough as it is, even now, with half of people not going to work. They do need to do it before they actually build the new Highway 7. I know once that is built I would use that rather than going to K/W through back roads such as 24 or Kossuth and Fairway.