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Originally Posted by Stormer
The reason the Bypass is so far south is not to accommodate City growth but because of existing infrastructure - mostly several huge pipelines, but also the SaskEnergy caverns and a little-used rail line.
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But cities also do grow and even if that space will not be used up in our lifetimes (not a certainty, mind), one day the city will grow that far, and they want it usefully spaced from the existing former Highway 1/current Ring Road to make both roads locally useful. Having two four-lane highways just a km-ish apart would be pretty silly once the city's grown.
We discussed this a few months ago. Worth scrolling back if a person didn't catch it the first time.
Remember, too, that the point is that the bypass NOT carry much local traffic. By making it a few km further, it discourages local traffic and keeps it on Lewvan Drive or Ring Road. That may not matter much today when the road is lightly used, but one day it will matter, and it is mighty expensive to move roads.