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Originally Posted by freeweed
I think the city has (rightly, in my opinion) abandoned the idea of having dozens of freeways everywhere. The TCH will forever be relegated to what is in essence a large residential collector.
JL/McK are the best shot for an E-W road in the north, with Glenmore taking it for the south. With the north ring road approaching completion in 2011-12, I just don't see anyone pushing for yet another freeway. Who would it serve?
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I don't think we need freeways everywhere either, though it still would be nice to have McKnight upgraded a bit.
16th is now upgraded, but before it was upgraded - north of Downtown E/W routes:
Memorial - slow 50 km/h section in the middle
16th - was a long 50 km/h section in the middle
32nd ave eat of deerfoot pretty much turns into a residential collector west of Edmonton Trail
McKnight - 50km/h undivided section in the middle
64th - blocked by Airport and Nose Hill
Beddington - doesn't extend east of Airport
Airport Trail - doesn't extend west of Airport (and no possible way to take Airport Trail to Deerfoot Trail - Beddington Trail or vice versa
Country Hills Blvd - Goes all the way across town, but most of it isn't expressway.
There's nothing even at an expressway standard connecting the East and West north of downtown, even with the upgrades to 16th Ave. A few blocks of upgrade to McKnight would make it a near expressway all the way across town.