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Ahmed Shalaby, a civil engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, says under current design standards, a highway intersection would have a median wide enough for a truck and a stop sign. (Travis Golby/CBC)

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June 23, 2025 — 

By today’s standards, an intersection like the one at Highway 5 and the Trans-Canada would be built with a median wide enough to fit a truck and have a stop sign, said Ahmed Shalaby, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Manitoba. 

That gives a driver a safer way to cross the intersection, allowing them to safely stop at the median after crossing the first lanes of traffic.

But narrower medians can be found all along the Trans-Canada Highway, he said.

Fixing each one at a localized level would be tough, because “there is never a budget to do all the improvements that we desire,” he said.

To read the entire story, please follow the link to CBC Manitoba.

Professor Shalaby was also on CBC Radio Noon and to hear the conversation follow the link to CBC Manitoba Radio Noon.

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