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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind
Just with the way Kelowna is laid out, any bypass would just add time to the commute of someone trying to pass through. They need to find a way to fully isolate the highway along the current RoW with standard freeway style exits.
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Pretty sure the route currently planned won't add extra time. However I would rather see a south bypass, ie an extension of 97C.
Like this.
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Vernon you could build a bypass around. But which way around the city would be more efficient? Considering the convergence of 4 different highways on vernon, would it be better to have a ring-road?
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The City of Vernon chose an eastern bypass over a western route. I've also wondered which would be the better option. You can find both routes on pages 58 and 59 of
this document.
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Quesnel, as much of a fist-fuck as it is to drive through, doesn't really have the traffic to warrant a bypass yet.
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The idea is probably to take trucks away from downtown. More of a safety issue than congestion.
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Duncan??? How about the Inland Island highway needs to be continued all the way from Parksville to Victoria, by-passing everything?
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Parksville is already bypassed, Nanaimo has a bypass, interchanges can be added when necessary, so that leaves Ladysmith, Duncan, and the Malahat without freeway sections. Not sure when they will be needed though.
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Salmon Arm could use a bypass, but where would you put it? a bridge over the lake?
Sicamous isn't that terrible to drive through. Just upgrade the 97c intersection.
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A bridge over Shuswap Lake has been discussed, obviously long term. I've only seen options for bypassing Salmon Arm, I think they could build it farther north and bypass SA and Sicamous.
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Revelstoke doesn't need a bypass. Just a new bridge when they 4-lane it.
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I'm expecting a replacement bridge to come soon, the province seems to be in bridge replacing mode right now. Was just in Revelstoke last week and it's a tad scary when trucks pass on the other side.