A southerly east-west controlled access highway, at the very least, would improve access to the airport.
However I think improved access from Hwy 417 to Quebec should be the higher priority. I've heard long distance truck traffic on the surface streets connecting Nicholas Street to A-5 is pretty bad.
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This for sure. The opening of the A-50 has helped a bit by cutting back on Gatineau-Montreal traffic transiting through downtown Ottawa, but it's still pretty bad as much of the truck traffic is Ottawa-Gatineau origin-destination and goes through there in the heart of Ottawa.
Does the MTQ have plans to build a bridge between Hudson and Oka? Connect A-640 with A-30 and there would be a Northern bypass around the Island of Montreal.
It's been discussed but there are no plans for this AFAIK.
I believe the general feeling is most of the bypass problem has been addressed with the A-30 to the south of the island, as it can be used by both 401 traffic from Toronto and 417 traffic coming from Ottawa.
It's been discussed but there are no plans for this AFAIK.
I believe the general feeling is most of the bypass problem has been addressed with the A-30 to the south of the island, as it can be used by both 401 traffic from Toronto and 417 traffic coming from Ottawa.
For at least 35 years, there has been a proposal for the 440 to pass across Ile Bizard and join up with A40 in Kirkland. hence the development gap between Hollefeur and Timbelea neighborhoods in Kirkland (Terre de Kerque ).
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For at least 35 years, there has been a proposal for the 440 to pass across Ile Bizard and join up with A40 in Kirkland. hence the development gap between Hollefeur and Timbelea neighborhoods in Kirkland (Terre de Kerque ).
Terre de Kerque? Sounds like it should be in South Africa or something!
Terre de Kerque? Sounds like it should be in South Africa or something!
OK, bad example maybe...
yeah...
Dunkirk (Anglo/Flemish) = Dunkerque (French)
Hence Terre de Kerque
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I had to make a quick trip over to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island last Saturday (Nov 7) and the shortest route is a 50 minute drive to the ferry terminal at Caribou, Nova Scotia and a 75 minute crossing on the NFL Ferry MV Confederation. Breakfast, Coffee, read the paper......then another 50 minute drive into Charlottetown. The ferry crossing going over to PEI is free but you pay $75.00 upon leaving the Island. Map here:
Saturday evening I left Charlottetown in time to make the 6:15pm ferry crossing. A nice dinner onboard and I would be home by 8:30pm.
But as I made my way to Wood Islands I noticed the winds picking-up and when I checked in at the Terminal. I found out the evening crossing had been cancelled. The winds were now almost at gale force out on the Northumberland Strait.
It wasn’t a question of what to do now? I knew......drive around via the Confederation Bridge over to New Brunswick and a 400 km, 5 hour drive to get home. Even while on the Bridge (9 miles/13 km long)......speed was reduced to 60 km/h due to the high winds and high sided trucks were being restricted. Map Here:
An interesting day to say the least! What should have been a quick round-trip..... ended up touching three provinces. I did save $75.00 on the Ferry but the Bridge Toll was $45.00 plus the additional gas to go around.
I had to make a quick trip over to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island last Saturday (Nov 7) and the shortest route is a 50 minute drive to the ferry terminal at Caribou, Nova Scotia and a 75 minute crossing on the NFL Ferry MV Confederation. Breakfast, Coffee, read the paper......then another 50 minute drive into Charlottetown. The ferry crossing going over to PEI is free but you pay $75.00 upon leaving the Island. Map here:
Saturday evening I left Charlottetown in time to make the 6:15pm ferry crossing. A nice dinner onboard and I would be home by 8:30pm.
But as I made my way to Wood Islands I noticed the winds picking-up and when I checked in at the Terminal. I found out the evening crossing had been cancelled. The winds were now almost at gale force out on the Northumberland Strait.
It wasn’t a question of what to do now? I knew......drive around via the Confederation Bridge over to New Brunswick and a 400 km, 5 hour drive to get home. Even while on the Bridge (9 miles/13 km long)......speed was reduced to 60 km/h due to the high winds and high sided trucks were being restricted. Map Here:
An interesting day to say the least! What should have been a quick round-trip..... ended up touching three provinces. I did save $75.00 on the Ferry but the Bridge Toll was $45.00 plus the additional gas to go around.
Interesting spelling of CITY CENTER on the bridge instead of the usual Canadian-British spelling of CITY CENTRE. I don't think I've ever seen an official Canadian road sign with the word spelled CENTER before.
The westbound bridge at Nipigon River on highway 11/17 opens to traffic in a couple weeks. Shortly after, demolition will begin on the old bridge so that construction of the eastbound bridge can begin. When complete in 2017, the twin bridges (two lanes in each direction) will be the largest cable stay bridges in Ontario.
Aerial footage of the bridges was broadcast by TBNews yesterday:
I've been watching this guy's (Trans Canada Phil) channel on YouTube and he's got some good videos of highways and freeways out in the prairies that don't get much roadgeek love.
I've been watching this guy's (Trans Canada Phil) channel on YouTube and he's got some good videos of highways and freeways out in the prairies that don't get much roadgeek love.
I met this guy last month. He's doing an awesome job indeed !
He came to visit Quebec city, he filmed the road while I was driving, so we're supposed to make kind of a roadgeek ''co-production'' soon.
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QUEBEC CITY METRO ==> 900 000
Looking at that video, I think the speed limit on the TCH through (most of) New Brunswick should be 120 km/h.
That's the speed everyone drives in NB anyway.......
Nice video Franks. The sad thing is that this is the most interesting part of the 2.5 hour drive on NB-2 from Woodstock to Salisbury.
This route is privately owned and managed, with "shadow tolls" paid by the NB government. The developers went out of their way to route this highway so that there were no conflicts with local landowners. As a result, the route chosen is a testament to the fact that NB is the most heavily forested province in the federation. There is farmland and settlement nearby along a good portion of this route, but you would never know it.
That's the speed everyone drives in NB anyway.......
Nice video Franks. The sad thing is that this is the most interesting part of the 2.5 hour drive on NB-2 from Woodstock to Salisbury.
This route is privately owned and managed, with "shadow tolls" paid by the NB government. The developers went out of their way to route this highway so that there were no conflicts with local landowners. As a result, the route chosen is a testament to the fact that NB is the most heavily forested province in the federation. There is farmland and settlement nearby along a good portion of this route, but you would never know it.
Oh that explain why I had the impression NB was quite empty
It's like 90% thru the woods between Moncton and Fredericton !
And thank you guys.
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QUEBEC CITY METRO ==> 900 000
My new video of NB-2 (West) featuring Jemseg & St-John River Bridges.
Enjoy !
Nice video, and yeah the most interesting part between Freddy and Moncton. A shame they didn't nudge it further south and hit Sussex when they built it. As is, the route they picked is pretty much NEVER going to be filled in, so it will always seem empty.
One thing to note, the Original Jemseg bridge was closed in the Spring of 2015 (I think; this year at least) for safety reasons. Technically the province is still deciding if it is worth repairing or just tearing down; money's on tearing down.
And yeah, you can set your cruise control to 120 on the TCH and still have half the traffic passing you on the way. The limit is posted 110 but it is effectively 120 in normal weather conditions. Maybe they could increase to 120 and put variable speed limit signs where they are *really* needed, like on those 2 bridges.
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