Highways in Canada - Page 442

haljackey · #**8821** Posted **May 3, 2021, 6:44 PM**

We shall see what happens. If it is to be built. it should be built right.

I'm curious how much of a rarity it is for the feds to take over a provincial project? Does this seem really 'out there' or not that unexpected given the environmental/political impacts?

Dengler Avenue · #**8822** Posted **May 3, 2021, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by haljackey

We shall see what happens. If it is to be built. it should be built right.

I'm curious how much of a rarity it is for the feds to take over a provincial project? Does this seem really 'out there' or not that unexpected given the environmental/political impacts?

IIRC the feds stepped in for EA for one section of Highway 69 twinning.

Dengler Avenue · #**8823** Posted **May 8, 2021, 2:56 AM**

https://goo.gl/maps/5nmx3FMvtgRxp4857
Can anyone tell how deep that rock cut is?

EasternFreeway · #**8824** Posted **May 9, 2021, 3:28 AM**

Here's my new road video through Rimouski along Route 132 !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6izVubJjySc

Tone · #**8825** Posted **May 13, 2021, 1:16 PM**

^Merci!!

Good news for us, A20 will be back on the PQI (Plan Québécois des Infrastructures) before the end of this government term.

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Le gouvernement Legault confirme le retour de l'A-20 au PQI avant la fin de son mandat

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/179...fin-mandat-promesse-legault-prolongement

EasternFreeway · #**8826** Posted **May 13, 2021, 4:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tone

^Merci!!

Good news for us, A20 will be back on the PQI (Plan Québécois des Infrastructures) before the end of this government term.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/179...fin-mandat-promesse-legault-prolongement

I hope that it will be twinned too, that's what he said during the election campaign.

MolsonExport · #**8827** Posted **May 13, 2021, 5:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by EasternFreeway

Here's my new road video through Rimouski along Route 132 !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6izVubJjySc

Interesting ride. thanks for sharing. Rimouski looks bigger than I remember it (It has been at least 30 years since I last visited).

swimmer_spe · #**8828** Posted **May 14, 2021, 12:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tone

^Merci!!

Good news for us, A20 will be back on the PQI (Plan Québécois des Infrastructures) before the end of this government term.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/179...fin-mandat-promesse-legault-prolongement

For those of us Anglos, from where to where are they doing it?

Dengler Avenue · #**8829** Posted **May 14, 2021, 1:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

For those of us Anglos, from where to where are they doing it?

Trois-Pistoles to Rimouski: Just trace A20 east of Rivière-du-Loup and see what's missing.

Tone · #**8830** Posted **May 14, 2021, 1:26 AM**

Dwils01 · #**8831** Posted **May 14, 2021, 11:30 PM**

What's going on with the 427 extension? I heard that the work is completed but it's still not open.

Djeffery · #**8832** Posted **May 15, 2021, 12:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dwils01

What's going on with the 427 extension? I heard that the work is completed but it's still not open.

Can't remember the reason, but the courts are involved. Without looking back, I think Ontario is saying the new stretch isn't up to quality standards or something.

Innsertnamehere · #**8833** Posted **May 15, 2021, 1:26 AM**

The grading isn’t sufficient to ensure water drains off the road apparently.

swimmer_spe · #**8834** Posted **May 15, 2021, 1:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dwils01

What's going on with the 427 extension? I heard that the work is completed but it's still not open.

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Originally Posted by Djeffery

Can't remember the reason, but the courts are involved. Without looking back, I think Ontario is saying the new stretch isn't up to quality standards or something.

https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/not-so...s-unused-thanks-to-ontario-legal-battles

Dwils01 · #**8835** Posted **May 15, 2021, 3:35 PM**

Thanks for the info. I have a friend down there who travels the 427 regularly and is frustrated at the backlog of traffic getting off at Hwy 7.
He lives in Bolton so the extension would help him a lot.

MolsonExport · #**8836** Posted **May 15, 2021, 4:04 PM**

Fubar. Par for the course.

Dengler Avenue · #**8837** Posted **May 21, 2021, 3:48 AM**

Holy smokes. So far, most of the deep rock cuts in Canadian Shield are found in Quebec:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6658151,...sjben5qrsvCzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e4
This one should be 30 m deep. (I checked the terrain map too.)
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5701364,...ZkRUTWLUS7vvw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4
What about this one? 45 m??

Denscity · #**8838** Posted **May 21, 2021, 3:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

Holy smokes. So far, most of the deep rock cuts in Canadian Shield are found in Quebec:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6658151,...sjben5qrsvCzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e4
This one should be 30 m deep. (I checked the terrain map too.)
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5701364,...ZkRUTWLUS7vvw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4
What about this one? 45 m??

Check out highway 6 in BC beside Slocan Lake. Lots of big rock work there.

Dengler Avenue · #**8839** Posted **May 21, 2021, 4:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Check out highway 6 in BC beside Slocan Lake. Lots of big rock work there.

Street view please.

Indeed, some rock cuts in the Cordillera can be insane, like Parks Bridge on TCH. Making deep cuts in Canadian Shield, one of the oldest (hence firmest) geological formation, is very different from doing the same in the Rockies or in the coastal mountains, though. (Of course, there are very different considerations in both scenarios too.)

Proof Sheet · #**8840** Posted **May 21, 2021, 11:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Check out highway 6 in BC beside Slocan Lake. Lots of big rock work there.

Trans Canada east of Golden heading towards Yoho NP.

https://goo.gl/maps/zdjafXQnXg6sJ2QW9