Project Update – February 15, 2021
Virtual Information Session
The Virtual Information Session comment forms are now closed, but the updated plans can still be viewed at westringroad.ca / Virtual Information Session. Thank you to everyone who submitted a comment or question.
We received 114 total submissions – 6 for the Bow River Bridge project, 69 for the North project and 39 for the South project. Submissions will be summarized and organized into Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), answered by the project team and shared with the public in March.
Trans-Canada Highway / Valley Ridge Boulevard N.W. Interchange
The H-piles are laid out and attached to a steel frame that maintains the pile alignment 
The ‘panel’ of H-piles within the frame is lifted into place as a single unit 
Once the piles are driven the frame is removed
Stoney Trail / Trans-Canada Highway Interchange
Last week the ramp from eastbound Trans-Canada Highway to northbound Stoney Trail was closed overnight to install the overhang brackets on this bridge
Still Digging…
Pit run (gravel) excavation continues north of Old Banff Coach Road S.W. (except on days when the equipment won’t start because it’s too cold).
Looking east at excavation with Cougar Ridge visible in the background 
This area is the boundary between the North project (where controlled blasting occurred for most of 2020) and the South project 
Looking southeast at haul trucks circulating through the site
Elastomeric Bearing Pads
An elastomer is any material, such as natural or synthetic rubber, that can return to its original shape when a deforming force is removed. Elastomer is commonly used to make bridge bearing pads because of its flexibility to rotate and absorb force without losing strength.
Girder bearing pads distribute the load from the superstructure to the sub-structure 
Elastomeric bearing pads are being used on the mainline Stoney Trail bridge over the Trans-Canada Highway 
Multi-directional elastomeric bearing pad
