Top Reasons To Keep Rocky Ridge Road Open

Top Reasons to Vote “NO” to Bylaw 30D209 Rocky Ridge/Royal Oak Road Closure on April 27th:


1) It's one of the highest used roads
Council is being asked to close one of the highest used traffic accessed roads in the history of Calgary infrastructure - a major arterial road access that already exists and has the highest traffic volume in this community; This closure will have a devastating impact on the community when there are viable cost neutral and economically feasible alternatives to its closure;


2) Safety
If this intersection is closed, the Safety and Risk Profile of our community, our families & children will change overnight. There will be a substantial increase in traffic on 5 of our residential roads. These are the roads in front of our community center, toboggan hill, many playgrounds, school zones, baseball fields, soccer fields, bus stops, school bus stops, walkways, pathways and driveways.

3) Non-Resident Access
Due to our community having three large churches, the proposed Latter-Day-Saints Temple, and our new LRT station, this road does not just facilitate travel for the Rocky Ridge/Royal Oak residents only but a portion of all Calgarians. If this intersection is closed, all people travelling to our community will be forced to travel these 5 residential roads instead of direct access through this intersection. These people were not included in any of the City of Calgary’s traffic studies.

• Proposed Latter-Day-Saints temple will be directly servicing 18,000 members within Calgary and surrounding communities through out the week. This temple will be the 3rd temple in Alberta and only the 8th in Canada;
  
• Royal Oak Victory Church membership 450 + expansion 550 + # using church facilities @night/weekends 760 = 1,760;
  
• North West Family Church membership 100 + approx # of people using church facilities @ night/weekends 1,000 = 1,100
  
• Potential for a percentage (not known ?) of Cochrane and other North West community residents to access our LRT which is intended to serve the communities of Rocky Ridge, Royal Oak & Tuscany only;
  

4) Additional Transportation Costs
Mileage, gas, maintenance estimate: $950/yr/household; $2,092,000 /yr for all RR/RO drivers;

5) Environmental Costs
Carbon Dioxide Emissions estimate: 2.7 million kg/yr or 5.9 million lbs/yr;

6) Emergency 2nd Response
Possible increase of response time to respond to another emergency from outside our community;

7) Promises Made But Not Completed
Surface Transportation Noise Policy, intersection & road upgrades;

8) Communication Issues Regarding this Closure to the Community
Most residents do not believe this road would close because:

• It is the major access route into and out of our community;
  
• It is a full functioning boulevard with clear entrances into all 6 sub-communities;
  
• City of Calgary signage indicating temporary nature of access was removed for many years;
  

9) Petition Signatures
1,830 signatures (and counting!) Many with passionate comments, speaking out against the closure, from residents of our community.

10) Ok, we only listed 9 here, but we're sure you'll think of your own. Thanks for all your support!

-- R3C3