[IanO]

It would save 5-10 minutes for YEG trips into the city and is a real bottleneck for major events/Oiler games for folks from the South.

 

[MacLac]

Speaking of 50th Street….. wasn’t the overhaul of the overpass at S.Pk freeway supposed to coincide with this?

 

[yeggator]

Speaking of 50th Street….. wasn’t the overhaul of the overpass at S.Pk freeway supposed to coincide with this?

It was pushed out of scope for this phase due to budget issues.

 

[yeggator]

That should be done but I doubt I see anything in my lifetime...I'm 42.

It depends on how serious the province is on implementing the passenger rail master plan. If they are serious, this intersection and 51st Ave will be prioritized for grade-separation. Eventually, they’ll need to take care of Ellerslie Road and the Whitemud ramps too.

 

[TAS]

It would save 5-10 minutes for YEG trips into the city and is a real bottleneck for major events/Oiler games for folks from the South.

As was noted in the LRT/bus thread, Edmonton is not seeing an increase in transportation mode share even though overall transit numbers are increasing due to larger population. It's similar with biking - more people doing it but that increase is mostly because of population growth, not because fewer people are driving. With our recent 200,000 population growth, we added roughly 130,000 more cars onto our roads. Driving is still the best choice for large majority of people and too often the only choice.

As a city, if we want to increase public/active transportation mode share for a more financially sustainable city, and better maximize our large investments in those areas, are we going to accomplish anywhere near our mode share targets by continuing to make driving faster and the most efficient option? Do we have the money to keep massive spending on driving and transit - what is going to move the needle on transportation mode share if we keep making driving more efficient?

I'm not in favour of making personal vehicle driving to Oilers games faster.

 

[MacLac]

Strange how not a SINGLE worker has been back to this site yet? It’s a complete ghost town……..

 

[biketime]

Strange how not a SINGLE worker has been back to this site yet? It’s a complete ghost town……..

I've seen plenty of workers here but as you say, only ever a few at once. Work is subtle but they are removing temporary lightpoles, working on the guardrail fencing, painting the bridge piers, etc. Seems pretty clear they are getting things prepped before they come in with paving equipment to bring the roadway over to it's final configuration.

 

[Wax]

Can confirm some work has taken place recently, though not much. They were installing some scaffolding on the side.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Hopefully the finishing work on this project doesn't take all summer to be done.

 

[biketime]

clearing up the area near the curb for paving. on north side of site they are unloading wooden forms for concrete dividers.

 

[biketime]

temporary platform being built out for working on the roadway barriers from both sides. forms are in place on north side approach.

 

[MacLac]

Yay! Brand new wall up and it's already tagged.....

 

[The_Cat]

Racist too!

 

[biketime]

forms for the traffic barrier / moment slab on the north side.