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Originally Posted by Wpgstvsouth94
Great news! Although what does this province have against starting two major projects at the same time… I spit out my morning coffee reading late 2023. What are we going to see st Anne’s and the rail crossing there in another decade?? This should be pushed faster ahead. We are growing fast and this timeline seems like molasses.
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Other provinces do entire roadway projects (see Calgary/Edmonton ring roads, Regina bypass), we do it bit by bit piecemeal. But hey, at least it's progress.
I've opined many times that had Manitoba started building one measly interchange at a time with an average build time of 4 years per (including generous amounts of time for planning, design, land assembly, etc.), then since 1990 we would have built just about 8 interchanges by now. I guess Manitoba did build 2 in that time that I can recall (CCW/101, 101/59) so we would have been up 6 during that timeframe with the piecemeal plan... theoretically, that could have meant that the following intersections might have had interchanges by now:
-Kenaston and 100
-St. Mary's and 100
-St. Anne's and 100
-Dugald and 101
-3 and 100
-1 and 16
Collectively, those 6 extra interchanges would have made a big difference in the road network and at a pretty manageable cost. It also would have meant that by now we could be moving on to other interchanges that aren't really even on the radar right now, like:
-59 and Birds Hill Road
-Pipeline and 101
-6 and 101
-CCW and 1
-1 and 248 (Elie)