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<\/p>\nEdmonton\u2019s fifth season \u2014 road construction \u2014 has arrived.<\/p>\n
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While the city is outlining what people can expect from the more than 200 projects underway, delays aren\u2019t new for some residents.<\/p>\n
Driving through the city\u2019s southwest, it\u2019s not uncommon to see heavy traffic \u2014 and a lot of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is frustrated, everyone is annoyed,\u201d said Janna Houle, a longtime resident of Windermere.<\/p>\n
People living in the Terwillegar and Windermere areas say they\u2019ve been dealing with delays and construction all year and enough is enough.<\/p>\n
Houle says what used to be a 30-minute drive has turned into a two-hour nightmare due to traffic and work in the area, especially as work to expand the Terwillegar Drive overpass has ramped up on either side of Anthony Henday Drive.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re backed up all the way down Terwillegar Drive past the (Anthony) Henday, or if we try to take an alternate route, Rabbit Hill Road, we\u2019re also backed up there now, too,\u201d said Houle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s lanes blocked off, but we\u2019re not really seeing construction, so I don\u2019t know it\u2019s a lot of lanes blocked off and nothing happening all day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s one of many places in Edmonton undergoing a lot of construction to deal with the city\u2019s growing population \u2014 the multi-year expansion of Terwillegar Drive from the Whitemud to the Henday is just one of several projects.<\/p>\n
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The city says they\u2019re aware of the issues near Windermere and surrounding neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
The southwest corner of the city has been the fastest-growing area of Edmonton for about 25 years.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s the whole reason why we\u2019re there doing the work. If it wasn\u2019t for that growth, we wouldn\u2019t have to do this project and to get this project done, we do have to include traffic impacts as part of that work,\u201d said Jason Meliefste, branch manager of infrastructure delivery with the City of Edmonton.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that we\u2019re going to be doing is providing additional capacity as soon as we possibly can and looking at ways to accelerate the components, specifically around the intersections.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city says there are currently hundreds of active projects in Edmonton, and the vast majority are on schedule and on budget.<\/p>\n
The city has allotted more than $7 billion in the budget for active projects, which include multi-year projects, as well as maintenance and renewal.<\/p>\n
While some work is just starting, several other projects are nearing completion.<\/p>\n
City staff say the accelerated roadwork strategy used on projects like Stony Plain Road last year has helped \u2014 like at the Wellington Bridge on 102 Avenue.<\/p>\n
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Construction on the bridge in Glenora was originally set to take two years, but it is now ahead of schedule and will be finished this fall.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is something that council talked about last year. We tested it out last year. It worked, and it\u2019s going to allow us to do more projects this year in a thoughtful way,\u201d said Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack.<\/p>\n
The city says the years-long major work on Whitemud Drive at the Rainbow Valley Bridge will be completed this year, along with the Dawson Bridge rehabilitations.<\/p>\n
Work on the Yellowhead freeway conversion and the Terwillegar Drive expansion is visibly progressing, along with rehabilitation of Jasper Avenue.<\/p>\n
As the Capital Line South LRT extension and the Valley Line West LRT construction continues, there will also be traffic impacts to communities like Twin Brooks and the Henday in the west end.<\/p>\n
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Staff say they\u2019re doing what they can to alleviate the construction headaches people are feeling.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe take no enjoyment from being on a construction site for four or five years, if we can be there quicker,\u201d said Meliefste.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet in, get out, get done, that\u2019s really kind of what our focus is.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Houle, she hopes that\u2019s the case because she can\u2019t wait much longer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere needs to be some kind of collaboration. It can\u2019t all be happening at once. Different roadways closed all the time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n