Motorists travelling on Highway 20 between Highway 11 and the Town of Sylvan Lake will be required to drive slower starting March 26 when the posted speed limit is reduced to 80 km/hour.
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WH Border plans hit traffic snag
The two-step forward, one-step back push for a 24-hour crossing at Wild Horse appears on the backward step with Medicine Hat’s MP citing last week a dip in border crossings in 2012 as an indication that more has to be done.
“Certainly the big thing is traffic,” said LaVar Payne during last week’s town hall meeting in regards to expanding the port’s operating hours.
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Bubbles all washed up on Whyte Avenue
EDMONTON – Bubbles is closing one of Edmonton’s oldest car wash locations because the Whyte Avenue property faces too many conflicts with traffic and pedestrians.
“Operating a car wash on Whyte Avenue is very difficult, given back alley space and delivery vehicles,” Bubbles chief operating officer Natasha Toffoli said Tuesday.
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City bureaucrats going in circles with McKenzie Towne traffic flub
It’s enough to make your head spin.
Just don’t tell the City of Calgary if the 360-degree saga of the McKenzie Towne traffic circle leaves you feeling a little woozy.
You have every right to feel a headache coming on when you learn the southeast roundabout will be repainted for the second time in only a month, because city hall meddling made a minor problem worse.
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County unveils haul routes
In an effort to protect its road infrastructure the County of Lethbridge will introduce its new Haul Route and Road Use Policies to the public at two open houses this week.
The public are invited to attend one of the two open houses, the first is set for tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 27 at The Hub in Coaldale from 4 to 7 p.m. The second goes this Thursday, Nov. 29 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Shaughnessy Community Centre.
“I think it’s important to get the feedback from the users of these roads,” said Coun. John Willms at last Monday’s council meeting.
He said there are roads that should be included as haul routes that are not in the current policy.
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Veness Road opens to traffic
An important piece of the City of St. Albert’s economic development puzzle fell into place this week with the re-opening of Veness Road.
The road along the eastern edge of Campbell Business Park, from Poundmaker Road to Corriveau Avenue, had been closed all summer for reconstruction, and Mayor Nolan Crouse hoped it would play a significant role in opening up the park for future development.
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Crowchild streamlining would cost up to $1 billion and swallow up homes
CALGARY — City hall is proposing to alleviate Crowchild Trail of traffic lights and backups with several new interchanges, gargantuan ramps and not one but two extra bridges over the Bow River.
The ambition and scope of the multi-decade plan, to be released this week, comes with an even more ambitious price tag: $750 million to $1 billion, in today’s dollars.
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Few solutions for Henday traffic noise
A year after the northwest leg of Anthony Henday Drive opened, some St. Albert residents want something done about the traffic noise coming from the ring road.
But both the City of St. Albert and the Alberta government say there’s little that can be done.
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Residents of Oakmont upset with city council
David Roulstone said he feels abused by the city.
The St. Albert resident spoke before city council Monday evening, protesting plans to change the land behind his property into a residential area.
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Report recommends no changes for 99th Street truck traffic
EDMONTON- Residents’ concerns about trucks on 99th Street aren’t enough to warrant changes to traffic rules because it is a “natural route” for heavy trucks headed into and out of downtown, a report to a city council committee says.
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