Lloydminster - Less Remote, More Connections
Today is March 4, G.Y. 2
Before we begin our meeting, let us take a moment to mourn for those who were victims in the earthquake in Chile and Taiwan.
A tsunami warning had been issued on the night of the earthquake. Cities near the shores of the Pacific are required to evacuate. This meant over 400,000 people were displaced.
Our country did indeed receive the tsunami. However, most of the impact was hit on the outer islands of Watersauga, so that includes the Tsang Mo Um Sha Islands and the Land Link Island. Those islands, home to about 1,000, was the hardest hit. Currently, damages and fatalities are unknown. However, the islands blocked most of the wave, and when the waves reached Watersauga, the waves were merely 0.1 m tall.
For those of you who have not checked it out, we have posted the new updated Top 10 Cities list in our last entry (comment section).
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Figure 1 - The location of Lloydminster in relation to the rest of the region. Lloydminster is not located on any highways nor any railways.
Last time, we took you on a tour to the Lloydminster side of the community. The other side was yet unknown to you. The other side is adminstered by Port Credit en la Prairie (Population 12,000), and therefore more urbanized.
Figure 2 - The current (when the picture was taken) configuration of the rural highway, signed as PCEP route 2. Notice how the highway is elevated to prohibit wildlife access to the corridor.
Figure 3 - Interchange (artificial) between the PCEP Routes 1 and 2. It links the community of Lloydminster (both sides of the municipal boundary) to the rest of the region. It's the most important interchange (and certainly most busy) in the community.
The traffic is very heavy throughout the PCEP routes 1 and 2 corridor (where they meet is Lloydminster), and we have recently received many complaints about the traffic through the neighbourhoods of Lloydminster, disturbing the peace of the community.
As a result, we took the following actions:
Figure 4 - PCEP route 1 is re-aligned. A By-Pass, namely Lloydminster Ringway is built, as shown here, the paved road. The old alignment, shown here as a street, is now made as dead-end, in a cul-de-sac. Thru traffic is now forced to use the ringway, not through the local road.
Figure 5 - PCEP route 1 retaking its old alignment, as it heads north beyond Lloydminster. Notice the local street here was formerly the major thoroughfare of the community, part of the PCEP route 1. Many houses on this road receive a high traffic noise rating, and have been abandoning. The re-alignment reassures re-occupation.
Figure 6 - To get you oriented, this is how the Port Credit en la Prairie side of Lloydminster looks. The north-south thoroughfare is PCEP route 1, while the east-west is PCEP route 2.
Figure 7 - However, the Bypass for PCEP route 1 was proven unsuccessful. A year after the road is open, no traffic is using the road at all.
Any suggestions how to encourage traffic to use the bypass?
Figure 8 - Keep in mind. A response is needed soon. The community currently suffers from a lack of jobs, because of the heavy traffic on the formal alignment of PCEP route 1 through town. What other methods, other than a new traffic by-pass and a rural highway, would you suggest to relieve this problem?
Figure 9 - To help you solve the PINK HIGHLIGHTED problems, this image above demonstrates the typical traffic condition on the highway. (Of course, there had been months when the traffic was higher, around 1,200 vehicles)
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That is it for the meeting. Please be on time for our next meeting. You can do that by SUBSCRIBING the journal.
NEXT UP: Improving Lloydminster Infrastructure >>
THEN: Corridor Structures in the Region, with Updated Maps >>
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The regional chair
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