Annexed Roads &
High Country Drive Intersection
HIGH COUNTRY DRIVE / GOLF COURSE INTERSECTION
One of the first items on the new council’s agenda will be to make a decision on the design of the High Country Drive Intersection. The temporary measures are ugly, and they need to go.
Two Options:
Build the permanent new bump-outs and 4-way stop.
Return to the original design. This removes the temporary measures and returns it to a 2-way stop (north and south).
My thought - build the permanent 4-way / bump-out design with rolled curbs, remove the north and south medians and move on. This slows down traffic on this road and provides improved pedestrian safety. You can also make this an attractive entrance by adding some large flower pots in the summer.
Returning to the original design would not be the end of the world, but it would be a missed opportunity to improve this intersection, golf crossing and roadway.
Click here for more information on the High Country Drive Corridor Study.
Sample bump-out style intersection located on Macleod Trail in the SW.
Longview Trail
River Road
88th
64th
112th
ANNEXED ROAD REPAIRS
Longview Trail (NW)
112th Street (NE)
88th Street (SW)
64th Street (NW)
River Road (12th Ave west) (SW)
These roads need different levels of repair. Council will decide which one or ones are the highest priority and allocate funds for proper repairs.
The difficulty is that Longview Trail, 64th and 112th are roads slated for a complete redesign within their ASP’s once development proceeds. How much money is spent now, when we don’t know when developers will begin to develop these areas, is where Council rolls the dice.
Potholes? It is constant - It is every year, and money is budgeted to fix potholes, but it’s a battle you never win. Welcome to maintaining roads in Canada. It’s normal, and it should not be an election issue, but it always is because it is an issue that always exists in every community.