Proposed TransCanada bypass of Medicine Hat AB
The province of Alberta has had a plan for this for over ten years. The TCH slices right through town. It is a scar. A method for calculating road traffic noise from traffic volume has been developed, the use of which indicates that residents living adjacent to the highway are subject to pathological levels of noise. For more information visit https://acousticapocalypse.ca
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Fred links to a website that explains further:
Strong Towns has an article that may be of interest to you by Daniel Herriges, "To Bypass Or Not To Bypass"
Daniel writes,
The alignment of the TransCanada Hwy through Medicine Hat is a "stroad". The proposed alignment of the bypass, which is detailed on the Apocalypse website, avoids the MH city limits altogether. The bypass will be a legitimate freeway. To quote:
"The point is to get heavy trucks past the town so they're not generating safety and health risks for locals just trying to live their lives."
This is precisely what the bypass will do.
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