Project Update – May 9, 2022

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Spring 2022 Construction Update

Construction Update videos for the North and South projects are online now, and so is a comment form to ask questions, share concerns or help us improve. The comment form will be available until May 15, 2022.

What’s Happening in Traffic This Week

Eastbound Trans-Canada Highway Reduced to One Lane

This week the median (left) lane on eastbound Trans-Canada Highway, east of Stoney Trail, will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily for road construction.

Looking east (photo on the left) and west (photo on the right) at road embankment construction in the Trans-Canada Highway median

Eastbound Trans-Canada Highway to Bowfort Road N.W. Exit Ramp Detour

Over the weekend, the exit ramp from eastbound Trans-Canada Highway to Bowfort Road N.W. was shifted east to accommodate construction. 

Exit from eastbound Tans-Canada Highway to Bowfort Road N.W. shifted east
Work at the eastbound Trans-Canada Highway exit to Bowfort Road N.W. to tie in the new interchange at Stoney Trail is underway

All work is weather dependant. Please check 511 Alberta and The City of Calgary’s traffic information map  for up-to-date information on traffic detours and speed reductions.

We appreciate your patience during construction.

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Southbound Stoney Trail Construction

Road construction on the southbound Stoney Trail lanes between the Trans-Canada Highway and Old Banff Coach Road S.W. continues.

water truck ‘proof rolls’ the subgrade as a means of testing the compaction to make sure there are no areas giving way under the weight of the vehicle
Standing on mainline Stoney Trail looking south; the shape of the topography closely matches the cross section
This photo at the north end of Stoney Trail approaching the Trans-Canada Highway provides some scale of the depth and width of the road (hint: there is a person in the middle of the photo)
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Bow Trail S.W. Pathway Underpass

The box culvert for the pathway under Bow Trail S.W. was placed near the end of 2021 and work on the Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls at the north and south ends is getting underway.

The end panels were secured to the pre-cast concrete structure in April
The leveling pad for the MSE wall (retaining wall) on the southwest side of the underpass has been poured
Rendering of the underpass looking north

More information about the underpass is included in the South Project Construction Update video, including how Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles were incorporated.