With so many new communities on the south side of the city, it’s no wonder that Yankee Boulevard in Airdrie is so crazy busy.
The City of Airdrie recently conducted a study of traffic patterns on Yankee Valley just to determine the impact of more traffic from all the new neighbourhoods on that end of town.
The first thing evident is that there is no left hand turn option from northbound Sierra Springs Drive which runs through the retail and commercial area west of the QEII and south of Yankee Valley Blvd. With no left turn at this intersection, more traffic is opting to travel on Main Street which is putting too much pressure on this road – a road not designed to handle a lot of traffic. ISL Engineering was contracted by the City of Airdrie to
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