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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
Actually it can get heavy around Pembroke and Petawawa unless they count as exurban Ottawa too. 
On its own, AADT along that stretch is 8.3K. But if we also count traffic that currently uses Petawawa Boulevard between the two places, that number goes up to 25K (or 12.5K per road, which is a lot for a 2-lane roadway).
How many people here actually go past Arnprior...
Ps: AADT is as high as 7.4K until Deep River. These are numbers that warrant new alignment designed to freeway standards (even if it will start out as a staged freeway). In fact, MTO threshold for that kind of warrant is as low as 4K AADT.
(AADT only nosedives to 2.9K after Deep River.) |
This is a very different proposition than the bypass being discussed. At best, this speaks to the need to upgrade the 17 and maybe extend the 417 further. These numbers in no way show substantial demand for bypassing Ottawa.
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