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Originally Posted by WildCake
The timeline for the south Perimeter overhaul was something like 30 years. Who knows when the specific upgrades to 6 lanes in that stretch of highway will be done. It will be sooner than most of Perimeter as the sections that include river crossings are by far the busiest stretches of the whole highway, but that is still years away.
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The traffic volume at Portage and the Perimeter has seemingly gone up significantly in the last year or so. Not sure what the route cause is but it went from needing a wait to merge in but being reasonable to near impossible to merge in due to the volume of traffic in both lanes.
In terms of where the Portage to HWY 3 section falls in terms of priorities, it is really hard to read. Wilkes needs the ramps fixed in a bad way like 40 years ago and can't handle six lanes without a major rebuild. Roblin has already been rebuilt. Staging work for the Portage conversion has already been done. The Assiniboine bridge is likely the biggest question mark though as it will need work to add lanes. Not sure if that can be done with the existing structures or a replacement bridge will be needed. As it underwent major rehab in the last 10 years not sure that will be a priority. Also the rework last summer at HWY 3 seems to suggest that will be a status quo for 20+ years.
If we see the St Marys grade separation, the St Norbert by pass interchange and road and the Headingley bypass road get built in the next 20 years I will fall off my chair. I honestly do nothing we see anything beyond that other than maybe a traffic light for Gunn Rd and the addition of new access points east of Lag and between Pipeline and Hwy 7.