How do you successfully plan, design and construct a major urban corridor balancing roadway efficiency, community values and business needs? Create a process that builds community, business, political and media consensus even during a disruptive construction program. Mayor Magrath Drive is a key corridor within the City of Lethbridge. Over 30,000 vehicles per day use the roadway as a commuter route and to access the 150 businesses located along its perimeter. In the late 1990’s, traffic volumes exceeded the roadway design capacity. Traffic congestion on Mayor Magrath Drive and services roads, particularly at the intersections, had reduced access to businesses and impacted the efficient movement of vehicles and pedestrians along the corridor. In 2000, the City of Lethbridge, in partnership with the “ Alliance for Lethbridge Infrastructure Services (ALIS)” consulting team, began the functional planning process for the roadway upgrade.
