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Originally Posted by kev_427
There's no need for a full freeway from Kamloops to Alberta. Putting an interchange at frickin Craigellachie doesn't add any benefit. There are two reasons for upgrading a highway: traffic flow and safety. Traffic flow is not affected by a small rural access road. Safety is also not an issue at this type of intersection. What about the Manitoba bus crash? That was not just a rural access road, it was the main access to the town of Carberry. An interchange is warranted here. Same with Valleyview, Chase, Sorrento, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Revelstoke, and Golden. But a full freeway is overkill. Don't get me wrong, there should be 4 lanes from Kamloops to Alberta yesterday. Build it up to the standard that other western provinces have. Not a freeway.
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That's the BC mindset; build a highway cheap as possible to the lowest common standard. Compare the highways of BC and the Prairies to that of the 400 series in Ontario, the Autoroutes in Quebec, NB and NS. Plus, look at BC-97 in the Okanagan. An absolute joke with there highway routed on Harvey Ave. in Kelowna, 32nd Street in Vernon, etc.
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