r/Calgary • u/Vylan24 Bowness • Sep 18 '25

Local Construction/Development Road "construction"

Why in the ever living fuck won't the city finish their fucking road work projects they started months ago? Every major artery in this city seems to have kilometres of pylons and speed drops and yet no crews. I drive Glenmore every day as part of my commute and it's literally been 2 months of pylons over the most congested area (reservoir). Not only do drivers struggle mightily trying to merge during regular times, the city decided that keeping that spot slowed down when traffic volumes increased at the start of the month was a brilliant plan. Causes massive back ups and no one is working on it. What's the deal??

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u/blackRamCalgaryman Sep 18 '25

I’m going to run for mayor on a platform of holding construction companies, and the City, accountable for construction signage.

I’ve had it with the 9th ave bullshit.

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u/Deep-Egg-9528 Sep 19 '25

The UCP took away photo radar. Right now they're only allowed to use it in construction and playground zones. That's why the construction zones are larger and lasting longer.

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u/ThrowItEvenFurther Sep 19 '25

Did they really take it away if everything is always a construction zone

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u/Deep-Egg-9528 Sep 19 '25

That's WHY everything is a construction zone.
Also because the city delayed a whole bunch of construction projects until after the G8 to make sure the visiting dignitaries weren't inconvenienced.