The Glenmore Trail/Elbow Drive/5 Street SW Interchange has been on The City of Calgary's transportation improvements list for nearly 30 years. In late 2003, City Council approved funding for the design and construction of this project to reduce congestion and improve the movement of goods and services along one of Calgary's primary east/west transportation corridors. The project includes: four (4) new bridges; 26 retaining walls with a total area of over 13,000 square metres; 11,000 m of sewers, sub-drains and water mains; 500,000 cubic metres of material to be excavated and removed from the site; 97,000 cubic metres of asphalt to be removed; 61,000 tonnes of asphalt and 15,000 cubic metres of concrete to be placed. With over 85,000 vehicles per day using Glenmore Trail through the middle of the work zone, managing traffic in conjunction with the construction staging is a key element of this project. This paper will examine the challenges and solutions developed to manage traffic on this project that can be applied to other similar complex, urban transportation projects. For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD number E211521.
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