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Originally Posted by esquire
That was always the plan... Route 90 was never intended to be part of the inner ring.
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Actually when Route 90 was originally proposed it was supposed to be free flowing and part of the inner ring road with Lag. Obviously the usual build the road, upgrade it later approach happened giving us the current mess we have. William Clement was not on the books for a long time and actually subject to much debate before it was even built.
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Originally Posted by jmt18325
That rail line almost never gets used.
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While that rail line may see minimal usage in the short time CentrePort Way has been open a single train crossing crossed such a traffic issue the police were dispatched to help clear up the mess.
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Originally Posted by rrskylar
Why Inkster couldn't have been twinned to the west perimeter with a new intersection and upgrades to the west perimeter itself instead of building a new overpriced roadway that really only serves the trucking industry was just plain wrong!
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It is more complicated that just upgrading the roadway. The light at Saskatchewan Ave and the nearby railway crossing needed to be addressed as part of the free flowing Perimeter. Further, the plan is for The Downs and Westport Festival developments to tie into CentrePort Way. Also there has long been a high speed Headingly by-pass on the books to address the dangerous stretch of the Trans Canada Highway. Finally, the existing Inkster overpass did not have room for two extra lanes of traffic making its upgrade cost higher than a straight new build. That does not even get into the fact that the industrial park that is CentrePort would still have needed roadways built.
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Originally Posted by bomberjet
The Inkster/101 interchange will be closed at some point (likely not for many years) and a new interchange built to the south. And when the PTH 6 extension goes, Inkster will run directly into that.
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I thought the plan was to connect PTH 6 with Sturgeon Rd. It is also unlikely that Inkster/101 will ever be completely removed, rather it will change from a major access point to more of a local access to the Perimeter servicing that corner of CentrePort and Rosser.