Calgary Stoney Trail [Ring Road]

[McMahon]

Originally Posted by 5seconds

The lights at Anderson when they improved 37th street in the mid 2000s was about as good as road access was going to get without a ring road deal. Even the casino access at Glenmore was considered temporary by Bronconier, who was comfortable that he had the power to close that access unilaterally (despite that road being there since before 1877!).

I wrote about the role that access (and utilities) to the reserve played in the ring road story in two parts:
http://calgaryringroad.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/from-no-to-maybe/
and
http://calgaryringroad.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/from-maybe-to-yes/

1877? That can't be right, surely?

EDIT: I see from spending some time on your site that it is indeed as old as that. Well done on the site by the way. Very informative.