[St. John's] Transport development (Highways, Airport, and Public Transit) - Page 90

Offshore1 · #**1781** Posted **May 22, 2026, 10:53 AM**

Story from the CBC with the CEO of YYT discussing future parking plans, which "may include a garage", as well as changing priorities for various expansion projects. Decision to be made late this year or early 2027.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7207093

Offshore1 · #**1782** Posted **Jun 3, 2026, 1:47 PM**

Interesting story I saw on social media first. It's a pilot project in Ontario to add alternating passing lanes to a couple of sections of highway, (2 + 1) less cost presumably than twinning while improving safety. Apparently they're common in parts of Europe. It would definitely improve the TCH in this province. Since twinning is almost as much of a pipe dream as a tunnel to Labrador this should be a viable option.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/...n-north-americas-first-21-highway-pilot/

https://highway11pilot.ca/about-the-project/

daniel0001 · #**1783** Posted **Jun 4, 2026, 8:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Offshore1

Interesting story I saw on social media first. It's a pilot project in Ontario to add alternating passing lanes to a couple of sections of highway, (2 + 1) less cost presumably than twinning while improving safety. Apparently they're common in parts of Europe. It would definitely improve the TCH in this province. Since twinning is almost as much of a pipe dream as a tunnel to Labrador this should be a viable option.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/...n-north-americas-first-21-highway-pilot/

https://highway11pilot.ca/about-the-project/

We already have this here all around the island. It just isn't divided by a barrier. It would be a nice upgrade to add a barrier and turnarounds to improve safety if twinning wasn't an option

Offshore1 · #**1784** Posted **Jun 9, 2026, 1:10 AM**

Would seem to be steady progress in the area of the TGH / Brookfield Rd. I happened to drive east on Brookfield Rd. from Mount Pearl and there was fresh pavement leading from to Brookfield towards the roundabout. I didn't notice how far it extends as I was driving. Presumably once that stretch is connected to the roundabout for bypass purposes, they can proceed with the actual crossing of Brookfield with the TGH. There are some barriers in place of course to steer traffic through the area right now. Further along the retaining wall over the precast tunnel entrance to the experimental farm appears close to to topping out.

Offshore1 · #**1785** Posted **Jun 16, 2026, 11:16 AM**

Telegram article with photos and drone video showing the status of work on team Gushue Highway. Speculation in the article about work being completed "early" but no official confirmation. Time will tell.
https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/team-gushue-highway-work-progress

jjavman · #**1786** Posted **Jun 16, 2026, 1:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Offshore1

Telegram article with photos and drone video showing the status of work on team Gushue Highway. Speculation in the article about work being completed "early" but no official confirmation. Time will tell.
https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/team-gushue-highway-work-progress

I also stopped on Pitts yesterday and snapped a few frames of the Howlett Roundabout, which is also ahead of schedule according to the construction worker I spoke to.

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Offshore1 · #**1787** Posted **Today, 12:10 PM**

The province has announced a traffic study for the St. John's / metro area in order to alleviate issues in several areas. I'm not a traffic engineer, but I think most on/off ramps in the area aren't of sufficient length to allow traffic to get in or out of the flow without slowing down. That's one point. The minister in the radio interview mentions others as well, the connection to the ORR to Paradise that the Liberals had promised in the last election and the CBS/Pitts cloverleaf too. We'll see what the study says I suppose. At this point I must say I'll just be happy to have the TGH finished this year. Any other improvements will be a long while coming.

https://vocm.com/2026/06/18/major-pressu...to-be-addressed-transportation-minister/

https://ntv.ca/news/province-launches-st...ve-and-trans-canada-highway-interchange/

jjavman · #**1788** Posted **Today, 2:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Offshore1

The province has announced a traffic study for the St. John's / metro area in order to alleviate issues in several areas. I'm not a traffic engineer, but I think most on/off ramps in the area aren't of sufficient length to allow traffic to get in or out of the flow without slowing down. That's one point. The minister in the radio interview mentions others as well, the connection to the ORR to Paradise that the Liberals had promised in the last election and the CBS/Pitts cloverleaf too. We'll see what the study says I suppose. At this point I must say I'll just be happy to have the TGH finished this year. Any other improvements will be a long while coming.

https://vocm.com/2026/06/18/major-pressu...to-be-addressed-transportation-minister/

https://ntv.ca/news/province-launches-st...ve-and-trans-canada-highway-interchange/

From the VOCM report; "He also mentions concerns he has heard about the number of lanes on Peacekeepers Way." DUH

This was done on the cheap, especially when CBS was the fastest growing municipality in NL at the time. Same thing will exist with the 'Galway'esque' roundabouts to terminate the TGH!
No planning ahead for the increasing growth, just reaction when it happens.

The TGH to Pitts roundabout as currently configured, does not even have a dedicated merge lane from TGH to Pitts. The opposite roundabout on the Howlett side does!
Even the single roundabout on Blackmarsh at Redmonds has a dedicated merge lane

Below is the full interchange that was deemed too expensive