South Project

Old Banff Coach Road S.W. to Highway 8

What’s Happening

Lane Closures on Friday, June 11 Old Banff Coach Road S.W. West of Cougar Ridge Drive S.W. Pile Driving at 17 Avenue S.W. Slopeview Drive S.W. Community Access via Lower Springbank Road S.W. Closed June 2021 Active Construction Zone UPDATED: Equipment Crossings UPDATED: Stockpile Next to Aspen Woods Earthworks and Drainage for Bow Trail S.W. West of 85 Street S.W. 17 Avenue S.W. / Township Road 242 Single Lane Alternating Traffic Effective Immediately: Right-in, Right-out Only at Hwy 8 & 101 Street S.W.

About the Project

The contract for the South project has been awarded to Calgary Safelink Partners for $277 million. Both the North and South projects are being constructed in a design-build contract structure, which means design and construction services are contracted together to a single entity.

Some preliminary work began last summer (2020), with full construction starting this spring (2021). The completion date for the South project has been updated to 2024 to accommodate the regulatory process that was required to relocate the ENMAX transmission lines, as well as considerations for the COVID-19 pandemic.

The South project includes:

Five kilometres of six- and eight-lane divided freeway
Reconstructing approximately one kilometre each of Old Banff Coach Road S.W., Bow Trail S.W. and 17 Avenue S.W. (within the Transportation Utility Corridor)
Four interchanges
- Old Banff Coach Road S.W.
- Bow Trail S.W.
- 17 Avenue S.W.
- Highway 8

South project sign on Old Banff Coach Road S.W.

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The project plans

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