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Originally Posted by rthomasd
It would be GREAT to have the section open to Cowan Heights, but I don't think that's going to happen soon. There's a lot of work to be done on the ramps for the Redmond's Rd connector, and there's been no talk of how that area will tie into the Blackmarsh/Empire area and the mayor & councillors say no to any part opening till they get a change in the Provincial / City Fiscal transfers.
Also, the two underpasses being done by pennecon aren't finished and won't be finished this season, I don't believe they've poured the deck for the Old Pennywell Rd one yet and it seems to take six months after they've done that to finish the other parts, abutment, siderails, the "year" section, etc.
So, you won't see anything open next summer.
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In other jurisdictions, they would open as a section was completed. For that matter, some paving could have been done already, but I suspect they hold off to discourage dragsters on completed sections. Apparently that was a problem on the ORR when it was being built.
It is a shame tho' that easy access cannot be had for Cowan Heights and South areas, because of bureaucratic bungling.
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