The northbound lanes of the much-anticipated 50th Street overpass between 90th Avenue and the Sherwood Park Freeway opened to traffic on Friday.
WATCH ABOVE: The 50th Street overpass in east Edmonton is finally open to traffic. The at-grade train crossing in the area of 50th Street and the Sherwood Park Freeway has caused traffic headaches for years.It’s a day many drivers have been waiting for for years: they will no longer have to wait for trains on 50th Street near thebetween 90th Avenue and the Sherwood Park Freeway opened to traffic on Friday. The southbound lanes will open the week of Sept. 16, according to the City of Edmonton.
“This is such a good thing,” said Ron Tkachuk, who has lived in the area for 30 years and has driven through the traffic for just as long. “Very happy. So tired of the tie-ups. This train would stop for more than 15 minutes at a time. Every single day.“The train would stop, move two inches and then stop again,” Tkachuk continued. “I’m happy not to deal with this anymore. It’s a fantastic thing. It should have happened 20 years ago… Finally. That’s all I can say.
“The business got slow. People were coming from the south side, they were stuck by the train before and lots of construction in this area that’s also affected recently… Hoping the business is going to get better for not only this one but all the other places in this shopping centre.”The northbound lanes of the much-anticipated 50th Street overpass between 90th Avenue and the Sherwood Park Freeway opened to traffic on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.
“I somehow became #stupidtrain guy, which is great. That’s not a problem,” Ganam said on Friday. “Anybody who lives in southeast Edmonton knows that that 50“Now, finally, we’re at this point where the train is not going to be stupid as much and I’ll have to retire the hashtag.
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