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By Dave Carpenter                                       2015 through to 2017 when Calgary City Council
                                                                approved it. The study provided short, medium and

                 ou can imagine the satisfaction that the       long-term recommendations for the project.

                 project team felt this past September upon
        Ythe completion of Calgary's Crowchild Trail            City Council gave the nod to the short-term

        Upgrades project, one of North America's most           recommendations right away.
        innovative transportation construction projects

        deemed 'never been done before' in the media from       Crowchild Trail is a vital north-south connection on

        the outset.                                             the west side of Calgary. However, over the years,
                                                                it has outgrown the capacity that commuters,

        The upgrades stemmed from a multiyear                   public transportation, emergency services and the

        transportation corridor study that began back in        commercial moving of goods require.


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