Page 8 - City of Calgary’s Crowchild Trail Upgrades Project
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Crews working. (Photo courtesy of WSP)
Crews working while traffic keeps flowing. (Photo courtesy of WSP) The bridges under the bridge. (Photo courtesy of WSP)
From the outset of this project, the media and
“People are happy with the construction industry deemed the complex
way that the traffic flows and Crowchild Trail Upgrades unprecedented across
impressed by how the project North America. Baird says the added pressure
came together,” Baird says. “From motivated the team to ensure their efforts proved
successful.
the community association to
the commuters, city councillors
"It's hard to pick a more challenging spot to
and area businesses, it’s been
rehabilitate and widen bridges. With the amount
nice to hear from the public that of planning and detail that went into any activity,
it’s been well received and that even to just get started, there really wasn't a break
the benefits of the upgrades are in terms of challenges to overcome," Baird says.
being realized.” "When it comes to mapping out a project of this
scale, there’s a pretty expansive team involved, and
-Jeff Baird, Senior Transportation Engineer of
the Crowchild Trail Upgrades project. you really just focus in on the risks, how to mitigate
them and how to execute the work."
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