The Town has had numerous plans for potentially building a pedestrian bridge to connect to the Palliser lands.Ī pedestrian bridge was part of the 2006 plans, while the Town had previously budgeted $250,000 for the design of a pedestrian crossing to take place in 2024. There’s momentum building to the conversation continuing.” We’ll likely come up with the area plans for the Palliser and it’ll be a significant consideration up there. “It’s something we’ve talked to Y2Y about with this project. “It’s not on their radar right now, but I do know that it’s a significant concern,” he said of the wildlife fencing. Wade Graham added the importance of integrating any work with adding infrastructure to help mitigate wildlife reaching the highway.Įsarte said the municipality has presented the technical information to Alberta Transportation, but have only recently had talks with Alberta Parks. “We are developing preliminary budget estimates based on those two concepts,” he said.Ĭoun. “By the time you ramp up and over, you’re going a pretty long distance to Benchlands, so is it really that big of an improvement other than psychologically?”Įsarte said there's no cost estimate now, but it could be brought forward in the upcoming budget in the fall. However, with the existing options to cross the highway – such as Cougar Creek underpass and Benchlands – it’s still to be determined if significant time would be saved in having an underpass or overpass. The two most likely options, Esarte said, are ones connecting Palliser Trail to Mountain Avenue near its connection with 17 Street. … It’s expected this project could work with that,” he said. “This will be an important consideration. However, any budgeting wouldn’t come to council until the 2023 budget cycle. Those are being examined through studies and planning for potential upcoming construction in the Bow Valley Trail and Teepee Town area of Canmore. The Town is also working with AltaLink on the planned replacement of lines on the Palliser lands, which would have an “enormous impact”.Įsarte highlighted the approved Stoneworks Creek flood mitigation would likely offset the flood risk, but it would still have to deal with local drainage in Teepee Town. Of the nine options, many are unlikely because of the proximity of Mountain Avenue and Palliser Trail to the highway not giving enough room to have ramp exits and entrances. “With an overpass, you have to build to the future so you end up with really long structures, but with an underpass you might be able to extend it in the future and avoid all the upfront costs, anticipating that widening comes well down the road,” he said, adding an overpass would have to be at least nine metres high. He said Alberta Transportation also holds options to expand the Trans-Canada Highway to eight lanes – which the overpass would need to be constructed with in mind – despite the expansion being unlikely. While the options shown at the June 21 committee of the whole meeting offer the possibility for a long-discussed crossing over or under the Trans-Canada Highway, there are no immediate plans to move ahead – especially with numerous challenges to first be tackled.Īndy Esarte, the Town’s manager of engineering, said existing communications lines, high-pressure gas lines, the proximity of Mountain Avenue and Palliser Trail to the highway and flood risk are all factors needed to be ironed out before any decisions are made.Įsarte said an underpass would be the likely favoured option because it costs less than an overpass. CANMORE – Nine potential options for a pedestrian overpass or underpass connecting the Palliser area and Teepee Town across the Trans-Canada Highway were unveilled to the public.
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