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'''Ray Gibbon Drive'''<br />(West Regional Road)
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'''Ray Gibbon Drive''', referred to as the '''West Regional Road''' during proposal and planning stages,<ref name=ATpresentation>{{cite web | url=http://www.stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf | title=Alberta Transportation: Planning in the Capital Region | publisher=Alberta Transportation| accessdate=2011-11-01 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160303232401/http://stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> is a developing [[freeway]] in west [[St. Albert, Alberta|St. Albert]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]. Except for the [[Edmonton]] portion, it is only partially constructed as a two-lane road, it will form part of a future realigned Highway 2.<ref name=SAGazette20110811>{{cite news | url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20110817/SAG0902/308179983/ray-gibbon-drive-borrowing-the-right-decision | title=Ray Gibbon Drive borrowing the right decision | newspaper=St. Albert Gazette | publisher=Great West Newspapers LP | date=2011-08-11 | accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.stalbert.ca/04-13-2011-province-invests-in-additional-ray-gibb/?id=1847 | title=Province Invests In Additional Ray Gibbon Drive Upgrades | publisher=City of St. Albert | date=2011-04-13 | accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref> Once completed, it will be St. Albert's first freeway. Currently it is {{cvt|8.2|km}} long and runs between [[Anthony Henday Drive]] and [[Villeneuve Road]]. It is named after former mayor [[Ray Gibbon]], who served from 1968 to 1974 and again in 1989.
'''Ray Gibbon Drive''', referred to as the '''West Regional Road''' during proposal and planning stages,<ref name=ATpresentation>{{cite web | url=http://www.stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf | title=Alberta Transportation: Planning in the Capital Region | publisher=Alberta Transportation| accessdate=2011-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232401/http://stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> is a major arterial road in [[St. Albert, Alberta|St.&nbsp;Albert]], [[Alberta]]. With the exception of the [[Edmonton]] portion of 184 Street, it is only partially constructed as a two-lane road. Currently, it is {{convert|8.2|km|mi}} long and runs between [[Anthony Henday Drive]] and [[Villeneuve Road]]. It was named at the official opening of Stage One in October 2007,<ref name=GibbonOpens>{{cite report |title=2007 Annual Financial Report |publisher=City of [[St. Albert, Alberta|St. Albert]] |date=2007-12-31 |url=https://stalbert.ca/site/assets/files/1356/2007_annual_financial_report.pdf |access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref> after former mayor of St. Albert [[Ray Gibbon]], who served from 1968 to 1974 and again in 1989. Gibbon died in 1999, but his wife and family were present for the official opening, riding in the vintage lead vehicle for the first use of the road.<ref name=GibbonOpens/>

Ray Gibbon Drive preceded in Edmonton as '''184 Street''', an [[arterial road]] which begins at [[100 Avenue, Edmonton|100&nbsp;Avenue]] and travels north to Anthony Henday Drive. &nbsp;

==Expansion==
Plans to extend and upgrade Ray Gibbon Drive have been steadily revised in [[Edmonton Metropolitan Region|Edmonton Capital Region]] Transportation Planning documents.<ref>{{cite report |first=Jim |last=Der |date=Spring 2010 |title=Alberta Transportation: Planning in the Capital Region |url=http://www.stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf |publisher=Alberta Ministry of Transportation |page=14 |access-date=2021-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403135643/http://www.stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Province kicks in for Ray Gibbon Drive |work=[[St. Albert Gazette]] |date=2012-05-24 |url=https://www.stalberttoday.ca/local-news/province-kicks-in-for-ray-gibbon-drive-1278126 |access-date=2021-09-22}}</ref>

=== Twinning ===
In 2020, construction commenced on widening the St. Albert portion of the road to a 4-lane expressway standard, as per requests in 2015 by St. Albert City Council,<ref>{{cite report |title=City of St. Albert Transportation Master Plan 2015 |publisher=City of [[St. Albert, Alberta|St. Albert]] |date=2015 |page=5-4 |url=https://stalbert.ca/site/assets/files/3210/city-of-stalbert-transportation-master-plan-section2-1.pdf |access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref> and approved by the Province of Alberta in 2019, with the $54.2 million price tag to be split equally by the City of St. Albert and the province.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ray Gibbon Drive in St. Albert to be twinned over next decade, province says |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date= |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ray-gibbon-twinning-st-albert-1.5032715 |access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref> Construction was planned to be completed in four phases. {{As of|2023}}, construction of phases one and two have been completed, with the final two phases between McKenny Avenue and Villenueve Road anticipated to be completed in 2026 and 2029, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ray Gibbon Drive Twinning Project / City of St. Albert |url=https://stalbert.ca/dev/construction/transportation/ray-gibbon-drive-twinning-project/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=City of St. Albert |language=en}}</ref>

Original plans for a freeway conversion were abandoned, citing an unreasonable cost.

=== Extension ===
In 2005, the Province of Alberta began a study on the feasibility of extending Ray Gibbon Drive north of Villeneuve Road, with the goal of connecting to Highway 2 south of [[Morinville]], deemed necessary by high traffic volume and congestion on [[St. Albert Trail]], transferring the Highway 2 designation to Ray Gibbon Drive<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2016 |title=Alberta Transportation: Planninig in the Capital Region |url=http://stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232401/http://stalbert.ca/uploads/files/business/Presentations/Alberta%20Transportation%20-%20The%20Path%20Forward.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |website=City of St. Albert}}</ref>

In 2015, the City of St. Albert approved the creation of a new arterial road connecting Ray Gibbon Drive to St. Albert Trail (Highway 2), designated as Fowler Way.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fowler Way / City of St. Albert |url=https://stalbert.ca/dev/engineering/transportation/fowler-way/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=City of St. Albert |language=en}}</ref> A study was published in 2018, laying out three potential right-of-ways for the road, aiming to reduce traffic on both St. Albert Trail and Villenueve Road.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2018 |title=Functional Alignment Study: Fowler Way |url=https://stalbert.ca/site/assets/files/3257/fowler-way-functional-study-2018.pdf |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=City of St. Albert}}</ref>


=== Land ===
Ray Gibbon Drive continues into Edmonton as '''184 Street''' as an [[arterial road]], beginning at [[100 Avenue, Edmonton|100 Avenue]] and travelling north to Anthony Henday Drive. There are no plans to upgrade 184 Street to a freeway.
In 2016, the City of St. Albert proposed an annexation of {{convert|38|ha|sqmi|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} of fragmented land from the City of Edmonton,<ref name="StAlbert2016">{{cite web |date=2019-11-12 |title=Edmonton Land Annexation (2016 proposal) |url=https://stalbert.ca/dev/planning/annexation/edmonton-land-annexation/<!--- will call this "dead" in order to push readers to the wording of the Jan 2016 proposal, still available in the 2019-03-19 archive-url ---> |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319061834/https://stalbert.ca/dev/planning/annexation/edmonton-land-annexation/ |archive-date=2020-03-19 |access-date=2021-09-23 |publisher=City of St. Albert}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2019-11-12 |title=Proposed Boundary Adjustment (map of 2016 proposal) |url=https://stalbert.ca/site/assets/files/3330/intent-to-annex-map.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319102906/https://stalbert.ca/site/assets/files/3330/intent-to-annex-map.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-19 |access-date=2021-09-23 |publisher=City of St. Albert}}</ref> which was adjusted to a proposed {{convert|46.3|ha|sqmi|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} in March 2021.<ref name="StAlbert2021">{{cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=Proposed Boundary Adjustment (map of 2021 proposal) |url=https://stalbert.ca/site/assets/files/3330/edmannexation-proposed-boundary-adjustment-map-march2021.pdf |access-date=2021-09-13 |publisher=City of St. Albert}}</ref> Throughout, the City of St. Albert has maintained that it would be more cost efficient for it to service and maintain this area, as the fragments are adjacent to serviced St. Albert land, while the natural barrier of the [[Anthony Henday Drive]] would make it less efficient for Edmonton to extend utility and other services.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-03-11 |title=Edmonton Land Annexation (2021 updated proposal) |url=https://stalbert.ca/dev/planning/annexation/edmonton-land-annexation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702100918/https://stalbert.ca/dev/planning/annexation/edmonton-land-annexation/ |archive-date=2021-07-02 |access-date=2021-09-13 |publisher=City of St. Albert}}</ref> The fragments are located in a small northwest section of the Anthony Henday transportation utility corridor (adjacent to the north side of Anthony Henday Drive), adjacent to the south side of St. Albert, east of the southern-most {{convert|1|km|mi}} stretch of Ray Gibbon Drive owned and serviced by the City of Edmonton (see [[#Major intersections]]), and to the west and south of 137 Avenue NW.<ref name="StAlbert2021" />


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==See also==
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* [[Transportation in Edmonton]]
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== References ==
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Ray Gibbon Drive
184 Street
Ray Gibbon Drive is located in Edmonton
Ray Gibbon Drive
Ray Gibbon Drive
Ray Gibbon Drive
Start and end points of 184 Street and Ray Gibbon Drive
Maintained byAlberta Transportation
City of Edmonton
City of St. Albert

184 Street
Length6.1 km (3.8 mi)[1]
LocationEdmonton
South end100 Avenue
Major
junctions
Stony Plain Road, 107 Avenue, 111 Avenue, 118 Avenue, Yellowhead Trail
North endAnthony Henday Drive

Ray Gibbon Drive
(West Regional Road)
Length8.3 km (5.2 mi)[1]
LocationEdmonton, St. Albert
South endAnthony Henday Drive
Major
junctions
LeClair Way, McKenney Avenue, Giroux Road
North endVilleneuve Road

Ray Gibbon Drive, referred to as the West Regional Road during proposal and planning stages,[2] is a major arterial road in St. Albert, Alberta. With the exception of the Edmonton portion of 184 Street, it is only partially constructed as a two-lane road. Currently, it is 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) long and runs between Anthony Henday Drive and Villeneuve Road. It was named at the official opening of Stage One in October 2007,[3] after former mayor of St. Albert Ray Gibbon, who served from 1968 to 1974 and again in 1989. Gibbon died in 1999, but his wife and family were present for the official opening, riding in the vintage lead vehicle for the first use of the road.[3]

Ray Gibbon Drive preceded in Edmonton as 184 Street, an arterial road which begins at 100 Avenue and travels north to Anthony Henday Drive.  

Expansion

[edit]

Plans to extend and upgrade Ray Gibbon Drive have been steadily revised in Edmonton Capital Region Transportation Planning documents.[4][5]

Twinning

[edit]

In 2020, construction commenced on widening the St. Albert portion of the road to a 4-lane expressway standard, as per requests in 2015 by St. Albert City Council,[6] and approved by the Province of Alberta in 2019, with the $54.2 million price tag to be split equally by the City of St. Albert and the province.[7] Construction was planned to be completed in four phases. As of 2023, construction of phases one and two have been completed, with the final two phases between McKenny Avenue and Villenueve Road anticipated to be completed in 2026 and 2029, respectively.[8]

Original plans for a freeway conversion were abandoned, citing an unreasonable cost.

Extension

[edit]

In 2005, the Province of Alberta began a study on the feasibility of extending Ray Gibbon Drive north of Villeneuve Road, with the goal of connecting to Highway 2 south of Morinville, deemed necessary by high traffic volume and congestion on St. Albert Trail, transferring the Highway 2 designation to Ray Gibbon Drive[9]

In 2015, the City of St. Albert approved the creation of a new arterial road connecting Ray Gibbon Drive to St. Albert Trail (Highway 2), designated as Fowler Way.[10] A study was published in 2018, laying out three potential right-of-ways for the road, aiming to reduce traffic on both St. Albert Trail and Villenueve Road.[11]

Land

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In 2016, the City of St. Albert proposed an annexation of 38 ha (0.15 sq mi) of fragmented land from the City of Edmonton,[12][13] which was adjusted to a proposed 46.3 ha (0.18 sq mi) in March 2021.[14] Throughout, the City of St. Albert has maintained that it would be more cost efficient for it to service and maintain this area, as the fragments are adjacent to serviced St. Albert land, while the natural barrier of the Anthony Henday Drive would make it less efficient for Edmonton to extend utility and other services.[15] The fragments are located in a small northwest section of the Anthony Henday transportation utility corridor (adjacent to the north side of Anthony Henday Drive), adjacent to the south side of St. Albert, east of the southern-most 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) stretch of Ray Gibbon Drive owned and serviced by the City of Edmonton (see #Major intersections), and to the west and south of 137 Avenue NW.[14]

Major intersections

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Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Edmonton0.00.0100 Avenue – City CentreAt-grade (traffic lights); one-way eastbound
0.40.25 Stony Plain Road to Highway 16A westAt-grade (traffic lights)
1.81.1107 AvenueAt-grade (traffic lights)
2.51.6111 AvenueAt-grade (traffic lights)
3.22.0116 Avenue / 118 AvenueAt-grade (traffic lights)
3.92.4 Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16)Partial cloverleaf interchange (traffic signals); exit 379 on Hwy 16
6.1
0.0
3.8
0.0
Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216)Partial cloverleaf interchange (traffic signals); exit 27 on Hwy 216
North end of 184 Street • South end of Ray Gibbon Drive
1.00.62137 AvenueAt-grade (traffic lights)
St. Albert2.01.2LeClair Way (137 Avenue realignment)At-grade (traffic lights)
3.42.1Crosses the Sturgeon River
4.83.0Meadowview Drive / McKenney AvenueAt-grade (traffic lights)
6.13.8Giroux RoadAt-grade (traffic lights)
8.25.1 Villeneuve Road (Highway 633)At-grade (traffic lights)
Sturgeon CountyFuture extension to Highway 2 (no construction timeline)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition
  •       Unopened

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "184 Street and Ray Gibbon Drive in Edmonton and St. Albert, AB" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. ^ "Alberta Transportation: Planning in the Capital Region" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ^ a b 2007 Annual Financial Report (PDF) (Report). City of St. Albert. 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ Der, Jim (Spring 2010). Alberta Transportation: Planning in the Capital Region (PDF) (Report). Alberta Ministry of Transportation. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  5. ^ "Province kicks in for Ray Gibbon Drive". St. Albert Gazette. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  6. ^ City of St. Albert Transportation Master Plan 2015 (PDF) (Report). City of St. Albert. 2015. p. 5-4. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. ^ "Ray Gibbon Drive in St. Albert to be twinned over next decade, province says". CBC News. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  8. ^ "Ray Gibbon Drive Twinning Project / City of St. Albert". City of St. Albert. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  9. ^ "Alberta Transportation: Planninig in the Capital Region" (PDF). City of St. Albert. March 3, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
  10. ^ "Fowler Way / City of St. Albert". City of St. Albert. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  11. ^ "Functional Alignment Study: Fowler Way" (PDF). City of St. Albert. August 2018. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  12. ^ "Edmonton Land Annexation (2016 proposal)". City of St. Albert. 2019-11-12. Archived from the original on 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  13. ^ "Proposed Boundary Adjustment (map of 2016 proposal)" (PDF). City of St. Albert. 2019-11-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  14. ^ a b "Proposed Boundary Adjustment (map of 2021 proposal)" (PDF). City of St. Albert. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  15. ^ "Edmonton Land Annexation (2021 updated proposal)". City of St. Albert. 2021-03-11. Archived from the original on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-09-13.