Yes, well, what I mean is that the
character of the highway is beginning to change dramatically.
I can recall back when the TCH bypass was first built, way back in the 70s. It was undivided at that point, and ran through the wilderness, with nary a house or business in sight. It seemed to take forever to circumnavigate the city back then, mostly because there were no landmarks around to guide your passage. It was just interminable trees after trees after trees.
The highway now of course is fully divided, and development has crept outwards far enough that for more than half the distance of the bypass, there seems to be something built along the way - industrial parks, hotels, Costco, casino etc.
What the Moncton East Business Park is doing is providing a long stretch of roadway where there will be development on
both sides on the TCH, thus making the highway seem even more like it is actually passing through the city rather than just around it. There are areas around Elmwood, Mapleton and Mountain Road like that too. This progression of the TCH towards being an urban expressway is going to continue into the future.
Now, I don't really envisage the need to expand the TCH to six lanes any time soon. The traffic just isn't that bad - yet, but there has been a noticeable increase in cross town commuter traffic over the last few years, especially with the Caledonia Industrial Park and now Costco. For some things, it is just easier going cross town on the TCH rather than Wheeler Blvd.
As for a southern bypass around Riverview, that is really hard to imagine ever happening. In many ways this would shorten the journey around Moncton for through traffic, but would be insanely expensive, especially with the need for two bridge crossings of the Petitcodiac.