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Originally Posted by milomilo
Do you have any data to back up that Red Deer is getting less than its fair share? You're getting a $125M extension to 11A, the south end interchange was just an $80M upgrade. 11 out to Rocky is getting twinned, probably some other stuff. Calgary and Edmonton get a lot more spending because they are each 15 times the size, and a lot of the road upgrades are paid for by the cities themselves.
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$125M extension on 11A? Are you talking the section of 11A from QEII to 2A? Or Northland Drive? The section between QEII and 2A is only in design. Not construction. Plenty of projects are past the design phase but not awarded contract for construction. Northland Drive has been delayed multiple times. Supposed to have been driving on the first phase by now. The Gas Alley interchange was awesome. But that was cut at least once before. It was supposed to be finished construction in 2012. Twinning of 11 is in planning only. There are a lot of projects in this area that are on hold until funding. Money is the only problem.
The only thing this area got was "Frost Heave repairs" lol.
Don't get me wrong, any action for this area is very welcome. But many of these projects have been on somebody's desk for a long time.
I get it, some people want taxes increased on others to fund different programs. What good is that when it just gets funneled to Edmonton and Calgary? Edmonton had the first orbital ring road. Calgary's is progressing. Red Deer can't even get Northland Drive built. Can't even get a short section of 2A twinned.