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[Mike K.]

The Spencer Rd/Bear Mountain interchange in Langford has been given the green light and funding is now secured, I believe.

[UrbanRail]

The Spencer Rd/Bear Mountain interchange in Langford has been given the green light and funding is now secured, I believe.

I predict similar development like what has happened around the Millstream Interchange to occur around this new one.
It is going to attract a lot of major development on this side of Langford.

[G-Man]

God I hope not...

[Mike K.]

As long as there are no big box stores to draw hundreds of vehicles per hour I don't think residential developments alone will create the congestion that's currently on the Millstream overpass.

[LJ]

The Spencer Rd/Bear Mountain interchange in Langford has been given the green light and funding is now secured, I believe.

Sorry, I am out of the country and have not heard anything along this line, I did a search on TC but it reavealed nothing. Where is the info located re the approval?

[G-Man]

It has ben on the radio and TV a lot.

[UrbanRail]

Here is part of an article with the rendering of the proposed interchange

http://f1.grp.yahoof...Interchange.jpg

[LJ]

can't get that link to work

[UrbanRail]

I re-did the the link.

[UrbanRail]

yep that works

[Mike K.]

Nice, thanks for the images!

[UrbanRail]

Those living on leigh Rd arent going to like the extra traffic going past their homes.
Its hard to tell from the aerial shot, but it looks like there will some limite access to the highway from Spencer Rd, as there seems to be a right turn lane on the Goldstream side.

I just hope Langford isnt going to encourage development near the interchange, like they did with Millstream. Although in the article it mentions that the access to Westshore Prky will be an intersection for now, I have a feeling that it could become an interchange rather sooner than later.

[Mike K.]

Weird, those images are down again.

[Mike K.]

So the airport authority is pushing hard for an overpass at McTavish and HWY17.

The authority has approved $3MM towards the $13MM interchange (the remainder is the responsibility of the Ministry).

More info in their newly-released ground transportation strategy doc.

[amor de cosmos]

So the airport authority is pushing hard for an overpass at McTavish and HWY17.

I don't blame them. Ideas for an overpass at McTavish start at p.50 of this .pdf (p.41 of the report):
http://www.th.gov.bc...or_Strategy.pdf

(I like concept 4 if anyone cares)

[G-Man]

IT just makes sense and it would save us a bunch of money that goes to ICBC.

[Mike K.]

I wonder if the province even gives a hoot about HWY17 in light of monies going to Vancouver's Gateway project.

[Jonny Quest]

I wonder if the province even gives a hoot about HWY17 in light of monies going to Vancouver's Gateway project.

A couple of years back, the deputy minister of MoT stated that the Pat Bay Hwy is slated as the next major highways investment on Van Isle.

I can't find the news link, but just last year the CRD voted down the McTavish Road interchange due to, IIRC, other pressing transportation matters?????

[Bernard]

Thought people might be interested in this website about the McKenzie Overpass

[UrbanRail]

Its moronic to say that this interchange should be the #1 priority.

To argue that the Mckenzie Overpass will solve traffic congestion on the TCH, is like arguing that safe injection sites will help solve drug abuse problems in our city.

This should not be a priority. The Island Highway Project has not solved the traffic problems of our region. Putting air pollution, smog and GHGs aside, building more highways and interchanges is a complete waste of land and money.

It just Post-phones the problem a few more years down the road.