DEERFOOT TRAIL WIDENING

FALL 2024 PROJECT UPDATE


Additional core lanes are being added to Deerfoot Trail to increase capacity. North of Memorial Drive, the widening will add a fourth continuous lane in each direction and south of Peigan Trail, the road will be widened to three continuous lanes in each direction.

Airport Trail to Memorial Drive

North of Memorial Drive, the widening is being completed in sections as part of the interchange improvement contracts.

New stormwater infrastructure is being installed for the 15-kilometre length of the improvements to upgrade the existing aging infrastructure and accommodate additional runoff from the new lanes.

Sections of concrete stormpipe in the median
New stormpipe installed in the Deerfoot Trail median

New lanes open

The new lanes between Airport Trail and Beddington Trail NW / 11 Street NE are open. Between Beddington Trail NW / 11 Street NE and McKnight Boulevard, paving and streetlight installation are ongoing.

Looking south from Airport Trail at the new lanes on either side of the Deerfoot Trail median
A new sign structure is installed over northbound Deerfoot Trail
Looking south from Beddington Trail at traffic on the additional lanes
Looking north at top lift paving on the widened road

Continuing work

Work in the median to construct the new lanes south of McKnight Boulevard will continue into 2025.

A trenchless utility crossing is installed under northbound Deerfoot Trail between McKnight Boulevard and 32 Avenue NE
Steel casing pipe is pushed under the road with a pneumatic hammer
Augers inside the casing pipe excavate the earth as the pipe is propelled forward
The first lift of asphalt on a section of road near 32 Avenue NE
Looking north at 16 Avenue NE, the underground work for stormwater and utilities is complete and the base material for the road has been placed

Peigan Trail to Ivor Strong Bridge

From north of Glenmore Trail to Ivor Strong Bridge, the majority of Deerfoot Trail widening is expected to progress over the 2025 construction season.

This past year, construction activities took place at the southern Deerfoot Trail Improvement Areas to prepare for widening. Activities at the various areas included foundation work, building of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls, and utility work.

Substructure construction for a new structure to support road widening on southbound Deerfoot Trail at Glenmore Trail
Prior to road widening, a sanitary force main was installed in the Southland Drive area
Looking south at Ivor Strong Bridge where the foundation for a twin bridge is being built to increase lane capacity
Construction of MSE walls at Anderson Road / Bow Bottom Trail Intersection to support Deerfoot Trail widening
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Land Acknowledgement

Deerfoot Trail is located within Treaty 7, and within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai Nations; the Stoney-Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley Nations; and the Tsuut’ina Nation. We also acknowledge the homeland of the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3.

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