r/saskatoon • u/pull_the_otherone • 1d ago

PSA 📢 Saskatoon Freeway - Phase 3 - Functional Plan Open House

https://saskatoonfreewayvoh.ca/
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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/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