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Originally Posted by outoftheice
I drove it northbound the other day. The speed is reduced to 80 km/h due to construction. There were more lanes on the road than I thought there would be and the views coming down the hill aren't as dramatic as I thought they would be. I would also love to see a bunch of trees planted along the sides of the hill going down to 16th Ave to try and recreate what was there before as just leaving it as a grass seems like a miss and a bit sterile. That being said, its primary function is obviously a road and it will be a huge improvement to people living in west and south-west Calgary.
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AT doesn't plant trees in the TUC. Not only are they expensive to plant and maintain they encourage wildlife which results in more collisions. Sterile = Safe, especially on a high speed road with 50,000 - 90,000 cars per day.
The only exception to this was a stretch of Nose Hill Drive WB between 87 St. NW and Stoney Trail. (
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.10595,-1...6thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) The Scenic Acres community was somehow able to convince the Department to plant trees there to block noise/headlights from the ramp from shining into a handful of houses. They did absolutely nothing to that effect and majority of them are dead now.
I agree the views going NB towards the TCH are less epic than what I was expecting also. However, the view going SB towards Hwy 8 are probably the nicest of the Mountains & Elbow Valley area anywhere within the city limits.
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