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Originally Posted by Dado
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The sad thing about the first URL is how great it all sounds, but how ambiguous the actual news is. The only real twinning project officially on the books is between Kenora and the Manitoba border. There are plans for studies again and again, just like there have been for the last 30 years.
The upgrades to the Thunder Bay Expressway include extended turning lanes at the intersections, repaving, and lighting along the entire route. There isn't even a plan for a proper solid median inside the city, never mind grade-separated interchanges. There is a study taking place for the next two years as part of a plan to twin an additional 10km of highway with an inclusion of ONE grade-separated interchange at a minor highway crossing east of the city. There are 8 additional intersections along the length of the Thunder Bay Expressway alone. In the 31 years of my life they have constructed one fly-over, twinned less than 5km, and conducted at least 4 studies that proposed grade-separated exchanges for safety reasons. At this rate the 1300 or so kilometres between Sault Ste. Marie and the Manitoba Border should be twinned by the time my great-grandchildren are having grand-children.
I am sorry but there have been too many studies and not enough action on the part of the provincial and federal governments when it comes to construction on this stretch of highway. Vid is right - this is going to take decades.