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Originally Posted by CoryB
The challenge here is the day that 32 becomes another traffic light on the Perimeter is a lot closer that most people think. It is why getting a diamond up at Pipeline needs to be a very high priority as does closing the limited uncontrolled crossing between 59 and HWY 6 that exist today. Then there is a protected limited access highway and when a land developer comes calling wanting access at 32 (King Edward) for their planned residential development the full cost of the diamond for that location can be downloaded to them.
It is similar to how 20 (Symington Rd) is going to pop up as a pressure point not too far down the line to service access to Sage Creek.
It isn't that simple since a lot of that area is outside the floodway protection and also outside the City of Winnipeg boundaries. It is why there is lots of push to open up areas west of Kennaston and south of Grant for newer residential developments.
The other piece is Sage Creek will continue to push east ward towards to Perimeter. Basically all the undeveloped land inside the Perimeter needs to be filled in first. And for people that absolutely must be building in south Winnipeg La Salle and Oak Bluff are going to need to pull some of the load too.
Not looking forward to when Winnipeg needs to start having the conversation about needing to extended the floodway further south.
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Separately, in terms of the state of the proposed St Norbert By-Pass and comparing it to the Headingley By-Pass, my guess is it is more in the 20+ year target range at this point.
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Just an FYI. Alll that land is INSIDE the floodway and protected. It’s even serviced by gas. No water yet. But that section has gas. Those fields have always beeen set aside for St Vital to extend. I don’t care about Sage creek. That’s St boniface.
But vermette which is now st vital isnall city limits. Hence why Dakota from day one back in the 1980’s plan was always to fly over the south perimeter.
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