10-22-2016, 11:49 AM
As an ex-regular user of these ramps that got closed ~18 months ago I'm sad to have spent the last 18 months convincing myself things would be better once all the construction had improved the area. Current options are to get off NB 85 at King and go past Conestoga mall (which is usually bumper to bumper from the expressway to Northfield either way) or to take the St Jacobs exit. If the long term plan was to close these ramps, King street should have first been widened to 4 lanes between the St Jacobs exit past Bridge St W and Northland, to make up for the volume of cars. Sure 400 per hour (or whatever) doesn't seem like much but add that volume to existing congestion on a single lane either way with stop lights etc and it gets brutal quick