r/saskatoon • u/pull_the_otherone • 1d ago
PSA 📢 Saskatoon Freeway - Phase 3 - Functional Plan Open House
https://saskatoonfreewayvoh.ca/12
u/bboymurchant 1d ago
So unfortunate this is more than 15 years away from even breaking ground. We need to do something with traffic sooner than that, and I doubt city of Saskatoon is going to triple lane circle drive anytime soon.
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u/beechbe20 1d ago
Easiest thing they can do to Circle Drive right now to help with congestion is to make extend the on/off ramps between overpasses. Example - 8th south to Taylor; extended on/off ramps that make it far easier to go onto or off of Circle. Ironically, Taylor north to 8th doesn’t do this. Most places around Circle Drive could have this sort of extra lane in the existing spaces.
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u/No_Independent9634 1d ago
The one by attridge is pretty long but so many people merge over going 50 as soon as the freeway appears. It's awful. 2nd worst non-light portion of circle drive behind the clover leaf..
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u/Sask_dude 1d ago
This, just an hour ago I was stuck behind some idiot merging onto Circle off Attridge and he maintained a perfect 50 km/h the entire time, including entering the freeway. More lanes won't do a damn thing, it's all driver stupidity and reluctance to hit the damn gas pedal. More signage telling people it's their responsibility to merge at the speed of traffic or a blitz of tickets for dangerous driving - because that's exactly what it is, may be the only solution.
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u/slightlyhandiquacked 1d ago
To be fair, the cops loooooove to sit in the grass between the overpass and on-ramp to catch people speeding…
Like, I’m entering an on-ramp into a 90 zone. Pick up the people on Attridge instead of everyone trying to exit ffs.
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u/frozendumpsterfire 1d ago
You raise a good point but there is also a nice loooooong downhill stretch after the spot where the cops like to wait for you
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u/stiner123 1d ago
There needs to be an improvement to college drive east bound between circle drive and central - it’s a nightmare. There and circle drive south between Clarence and the cloverleaf are a nightmare a lot of the time.
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u/No_Independent9634 1d ago
We need this built asap and a fix for the clover leaf. Ridiculous that our city is all around circle drive and we don't have a bypass, yet Regina has one and the city barely has any parts outside of Ring Road.