09-21-2021, 04:40 PM
(09-17-2021, 08:11 AM)jamincan Wrote: I don't think your fix would do all that much. Hespeler is busy because of all the traffic the businesses north of Can-Amera Pkwy generate and far less due to it connecting Hespeler and Galt. Can-Amera Pkwy is already perfectly functional as a connector, but the reality is that most people simply aren't trying to get into Galt. Part of the problem is that King Street is a very poor access for Preston, so Hespeler serves both as the primary access for that community and as the primary access for Cambridge's commercial centre. Hespeler and Galt have more viable alternatives.
One thing that could potentially help the situation would be a new interchange on Speedsville Rd. I can't really imagine the MTO allowing it, though, unless it were limited solely to an exit directly to/from Hwy 8.
I do remember reading the MTO studied an interchange at Speedsville when restructuring the Sportsworld/Maple Grove exit; but it was deemed not suitable, due to the high grade of going Hwy 401 WB for trucks. They wouldn’t make it up that hill in the winter lol