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14777
... As probably the most common user of that stretch of 7 here on canroads, I'd say we need it to become tolled 407 like we need a hole in the head. The first...
minorroadskill
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May 1, 2005
2:18 pm
14778
-- Telling people that we can only build tolled roads today is not being truthful, as we don't spend the roads funds we raise today on roads. I for one don't...
Simon J. Marwood
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May 1, 2005
2:27 pm
14779
... Just to check... We're going to have a 10-lane QEW through portions of Halton Region? Is the 10-lane section going to be from the 403/407 to Third Line,...
Snickerdo
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May 1, 2005
8:53 pm
14780
... Actually, the plan is to have, ultimately, a QEW with a provision for 10 lanes all the way from the QEW/403/407/Brant Street/Plains Road/Freeman ...
Brian J.E. VanDommele
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May 1, 2005
11:28 pm
14781
... I for ... today (at ... politicians ... taxes out ... 1) That isn't the case today, so the argument is false even on the surface 2) Even if it were the...
minorroadskill
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May 2, 2005
1:47 am
14782
I was driving along West Hunt Club Road today in Ottawa, part of which is a high-volume divided expressway. It's mostly divided with a curbed grass median....
minorroadskill
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May 2, 2005
2:01 am
14783
... A vocal minority, IMO. ... AASHTO standards prohibit vertical curbs on any highway with a design speed of 60 mph or more. The reason: at high speeds they...
gofastrrr
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May 2, 2005
2:18 am
14784
-- ... today (at ... politicians ... taxes out ... 1) That isn't the case today, so the argument is false even on the surface -- One note: that should have...
Simon J. Marwood
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May 2, 2005
2:26 am
14785
... Well, yeah, it is a vocal minority. there's also a vocal minority arguing for it. There's 219 members of CanRoads, I don't think we have 110 people arguing...
Chris Beach
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May 2, 2005
3:38 am
14786
What the h-e- double hockey sticks is this? < ITEM > Hey guys, figured I'd post here, I used http://www.allapproveloans.com to refinance and it cut my bills...
pkeenleyside
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May 2, 2005
5:00 am
14787
... have ... Sounds like a potential poll topic... ... If MTO is like other many state DOTs, safety improvement money comes out of a separate pot from capacity...
gofastrrr
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May 2, 2005
7:28 am
14788
... surface ... today (at ... I took it as such. ... roads have ... than the ... My answer is: 400, and maybe 11. On the flip side, 407 hasn't been at a...
minorroadskill
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May 2, 2005
12:41 pm
14789
... the 410 has no concrete barrier for its ENTIRE stretch. just a grass median. theres no problem with it. and it is easily expandable. why waste money on...
joeforshow3
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May 2, 2005
2:07 pm
14790
the Laviolette bridge who allow A-55 to cross the St-Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières will have some renovations including the installation of a jersey...
Stephane Dumas
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May 2, 2005
2:38 pm
14791
Hi, I read this morning in La Presse (Auto section) a translated article (Le nouveau visage de la signalisation routière, by Paul-Robert Raumond/Le Soleil,...
Félix Mathieu-B...
krakerjak_92
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May 2, 2005
3:07 pm
14792
It was about time... I hope that the 80 km/h speed limit will be raised, with that arising security. ... at Trois-Rivières will have some renovations...
Félix
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May 2, 2005
3:10 pm
14793
... Personally I prefer rock cuts or wooded forest over grass, giving the feeling of a separate road. Luckily for me, MTO's newer intercity freeways are...
minorroadskill
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May 2, 2005
3:55 pm
14794
... VanDommele" <bvd_07@h...> ... planner said that the ... revisit, particularly ... heavy traffic on the ... on the 2 lanes). ... I'm glad I don't live there...
T O Boy
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May 2, 2005
8:18 pm
14795
... Great post!!! For some reason I didn't notice this over the weekend. Any news on those very frustratingly missing 403 south to QEW east (and vice-versa)...
Nicholas Fitzpatrick
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May 2, 2005
10:10 pm
14796
... at Trois-Rivières will have some renovations including the installation of a jersey barrier http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/regions/mauricie/laviolette.asp ...
gofastrrr
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May 3, 2005
12:48 am
14797
... Yes, it's currently 4-lanes undivided and I guess they built it like this since when it was opened (1967) it doesn't carried lots of traffic than today or...
sailordumas
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May 3, 2005
1:45 am
14798
... Yes. Note also that even in the new cross-section, the lanes will remain only 3.6m wide, with no shoulder on either side. That bridge seems a little...
minorroadskill
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May 3, 2005
4:18 am
14799
... While ... many ... safety, ... to ... on ... I was just going on the basis that it was divided altogether. However, also also looked beyond that fact that...
Richard Kannegiesser
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May 3, 2005
6:04 am
14800
... there ... spots ... direction ... hence ... not ... I'd perfer a temporary weaving zone (with C/D peferrably). Yes, I know the MTO does not allow loop-loop...
Richard Kannegiesser
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May 3, 2005
6:57 am
14801
On the north bank of the Saint Lawrence the A55 is full freeway and it is full freeway for a few miles on the south bank where it has an interchange with a...
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dcwnewyork2002
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May 3, 2005
3:53 pm
14802
... laughable ... I oppose roads pricing anywhere as a matter of principle, traditional toll roads are fine as long as there is a freeway alternative and it...
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dcwnewyork2002
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May 3, 2005
4:42 pm
14803
... Vocal, and well-travelled :) ... design ... a ... The Thunder Bay Expressway would barely be exempt from that policy, considering 90km/h is right about...
Scott Steeves
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May 3, 2005
5:38 pm
14804
... The MTO obviously understands the benefit of the grassed median, considering that the most recently twinned section of the TBE uses a nice grassed median. ...
Scott Steeves
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May 3, 2005
5:44 pm
14805
... wrt ... those ... ones ... shutdown ... Thankfully, ... safely. ... I think the biggest saftey problem assosciate with the Perimeter would be cars waiting...
Scott Steeves
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May 3, 2005
5:56 pm
14806
... due ... engineers ... on ... freeway ... Crowchild ... any ... loses ... it ... expressway ... further ... building ... Whether or not you agree with the...
Scott Steeves
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May 3, 2005
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