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The South Perimeter
Highway Short-term Safety Plan
Public Information Session
May 28 2018
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Backbone of Our Economy
• The south Perimeter Highway (PTH 100) is one of the most
important economic corridors in Manitoba.
– It is a key link in the Trans Canada Highway
– It plays a pivotal, strategic role in Manitoba’s economy by
providing Manitoba’s industries with access to world markets
– It is a major route that is used everyday by many people
• PTH 100 accommodates a broad cross section of mixed traffic
types including:
– Large, long haul (international, inter-provincial) trucks,
– Regional and local commercial trucks, and
– High volumes of local and regional commuter traffic
• Very high traffic volumes: over 30,000 vehicles per day and growing
rapidly.
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Long-Term Vision
• Characteristics of a fully access-controlled freeway:
– Interchanges will be the only way onto (or off of) the highway
– Service roads and other adjacent roadways will provide access from adjacent land to the interchanges
where traffic can then access the main highway
• Benefits of a fully access-controlled freeway:
– Improved safety: Fully access-controlled highways eliminate at-grade intersections where the vast
majority of serious collisions occur
– Improved efficiency: Elimination of traffic lights requiring traffic to stop will reduce congestion
• Time frame for developing a fully access-controlled freeway
– Planning is now underway; a 2-year functional design study has recently commenced. The study will
determine locations for future interchanges, grade separations and access management strategies
– Public consultations for the long-term vision will begin in summer
– Once the study is completed funding for the construction of the long-term vision can be considered
A fully access-controlled freeway:
similar to United States Interstate
standards
interchanges with overpass
structures, ramps or loops and service
roads provide highway access
Safe, efficient, free-flowing traffic
Common Interchange Configurations
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Safety on the South Perimeter Hwy
• PTH 100 has 26 stop-sign controlled access points and
median openings resulting in unprotected left-turn
movements. As traffic increases, safety and operational
concerns become more acute at these locations.
• On average, 36 collisions/year and many more near
misses at these locations, which are preventable.
• 2017 Safety Review: immediate closure of all median
openings featuring stop-sign control and inadequate
turning lanes can prevent 3 fatal and injury
collisions/year.
Action is needed to improve safety on the South
Perimeter Highway!
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Short-term Safety Improvements
• Proposed Safety Plan:
– Close median openings and access points between
Portage Ave. and Fermor Ave., eliminating most left
turn movements except at signalized intersections
and at Brady Road.
– Close most at-grade median openings. Some
intersections remain operating as right-in right-out
only, and most intersections are fully closed.
• This is a significant, and needed, interim safety measure
that is the first phase towards changing the South
Perimeter to a fully access-controlled freeway standard.
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The Benefits of Closing Median
Openings and Accesses
• Locations are safer by reducing uncoordinated
intersections, where high and low speed vehicles must
navigate merges and turns without appropriate
dedicated lanes
• The Perimeter Highway will increasingly offer free flow
conditions, improving efficiency and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption
• Median closures can provide a measure of traffic
calming for local residents, enabling roads to function
more like local streets, with less through-traffic
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Perimeter Highway Safety Plan
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Initial Engagements with Municipalities
• Manitoba Infrastructure has met with affected municipalities
• Municipalities have identified specific locations where intersection
and median closures will likely pose a concern for some businesses
and residents:
– Vicinity of Caron Road
– Vicinity of Oakland Road
– Vicinity of Brady Road
– Vicinity of Murdock Road
• The following exhibits show recommended routing options following
implementation of the safety plan
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Perimeter Highway Safety Plan
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Map 4
Locations outlined in
the following exhibits
Where accesses are closed, vehicles
should generally proceed to the
nearest interchange or signalized
intersection to access the desired
road/property.
The following exhibits show
alternative routes at priority locations
where accesses will change.
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Right-in right-out removal
Alternative route option
Map 1: Perimeter Highway
and Caron RoadHow to turn right onto Caron Road
when traveling southbound on the
Perimeter Highway
N
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Map 2: Perimeter Highway
at Oak BluffHow to turn left onto the Perimeter
Highway from Oakland Road
PTH 2
Oakland Road
N
Phase 1 : Future roundabout
Phase 2:
Median opening removal
Full access and median removal
Right-in right-out removal
Phase 3: Future intersection improvements
Alternative route option 1
Alternative route option 2
Alternative route option 3 (future consideration)
Changes are expected to increase truck
volumes by 600 vehicles per dayD
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Perimeter Highway at Oak Bluff Phase 1:
Roundabout at PTH 2 and PTH 3
• A roundabout provides a
safer turning option for
vehicles previously
turning left through the
Oakland Road median
opening onto the
Perimeter
• Construction: summer
2018
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How to drive in a roundabout
• Slow down as you approach
• Yield to traffic coming
around from your left in the
circle
• Drive in a counter-clockwise
direction
• Signal when exiting
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Perimeter Highway at Oak Bluff Phase 3:
Perimeter Highway and PTH 3
Intersection Improvements
Added left-turn lanes
Added left-turn signal
from PTH 3 onto the
Perimeter Highway
Removed access
to service roads
N
Added right-turn lane
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PTH 3
N
Perimeter Highway
Map 3: Perimeter Highway
at Brady LandfillHow to turn left on to the Perimeter
Highway from Brady Road
Brady Landfill
Northbound left turn-out removal
Left out removal
North-side access removal
Bra
dy R
oa
d
Access and left turn-out removal, left turn-in remains
Full access and median removal
Alternative route option
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Median opening removal
Right-in right-out removal
Alternative route option
Mu
rdock R
oa
d
Map 4: Perimeter Highway
at Murdock RoadHow to access Murdock Road when traveling
eastbound on the Perimeter Highway
N
D
D
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Next Steps
• Continue to meet with impacted stakeholders and
municipalities as this plan is implemented, including
another Public Meeting in Oak Bluff.
• Manitoba Infrastructure will review feedback, refine the
safety plan and initiate construction of the access and
median closures outlined here
• Manitoba Infrastructure will hold additional open houses
to identify the long-term vision for the Perimeter
Highway in the summer of 2018
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Thank You For Attending
• Questionnaires are available on the tables and at the sign in desk.
Please take some time to fill one out.
• Contacts:
Brett Wareham, Director of Regional Operations
Eastern Region, Steinbach Office
Phone: (204) 346-6278
E-mail: [email protected]
Erica Vido, Director
Transportation Systems Planning and Development
Phone: (204) 945-2631
E-mail: [email protected]
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