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Originally Posted by Reignman
Longtime lurker, first time poster.
Some questions/comments about future interchanges and grade separations in the Winnipeg area:
1) Lagimodiere/North perimeter interchange [edit]
2) After Lag/north perimeter interchange is completed, does anybody know what the next planned perimeter interchange will be? Three main three areas of concern IMO are McGillvary, St. Marys, and Dugald (this tops my personal list as currently Transcona commuters heading south around city have no means to bypass a train on CN mainline).
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After Lag I think the 2/3 intersection south of McGilvary is the top priority followed by HWY 6. HWY 6 might not seem important but the CentrePort plan calls for HWY 6 to be extended south and basically merge with the norht/south portion of Sturgeon Rd. In terms of the pull of CentrePort look no further than the Saskatchewan Ave/CentrePort Canada Way interchange that was built ahead of even Lag/North Perimeter.
I heard they were trying to find a way to build one full interchange that would server both St Marys and St Annes that would eliminated both signaled crossings, it might include an east/west access road, one interchange and one overpass with no left turns. An interchange at Dugald though seems like a long shot, as it didn't look like there was enough space when they they were construction the north Perimeter completion link, it is likely a lower priority right now than even Pipeline and the Perimeter or the speculated Gateway/Perimeter crossing.
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Originally Posted by Reignman
3) Looking east of Bishop/Lag intersection, it looks like preliminary work has begun on Bishop extension east to Fermor. My understanding was that this project was still years off, does anybody know if this has been fast-tracked? If so, that’s fantastic, and I can only assume that plan is to connect Bishop at Fermor with the future re-alignment of Plessis as part of inner-city beltway system. My hope is that when this extension is done, it’s not done on the cheap, but done the right way with interchanges at both Bishop/Lag and Bishop/Fermor. Is announcement of grade separation at Bishop/Kenaston an indication that the city is committed to improvement of traffic flow (at least at major intersections) on this inner city beltway system?
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In terms of priority projects in the city for new major roads the next few years on focused on the fastest growing areas of the city aka the north west, north east and Waverly West. The west extension of Bishop, the south extension of Kenaston (both with will eventually meeet the Perimter), the west to CentrePort extension of Cheif Peagus Trail are all near term projects. After that the north/south road in Transcona which may be a Plessis overhaul, and Cheif Peagus from Lag to "Plessis" are the focus projects. In terms of interchanges inside the Perimiter, Bishop/Kenaston is likely top priority as work has already been done there. Lag/Regent is also very high on the wish list. As for Bishop/Fermor, not sure the plan there but it would not surprise me if they did something to just resue the Fermor/Plessis interchange in place of a new Bishop/Fermor one. Bishop/St Marys is also likely ahead of Bishop/Lag. Basically the inner priority routes are likely to be Chief Peagus, Bishop, Lag and Kenaston, any intersection those have is fair game for an interchange or being closed (ie Renders, River, Pipeline, Tayor, etc).
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I would be very excited to see this happen!
lane bridge and had an already built in detour to work with and didn't do it. My bets would be with a south Perimeter intersection being next, likely St Mary's Rd.
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