Slow Drive
The collective cost of road construction
How much time do Edmonton drivers collectively lose crawling through long-term road construction? These are rough estimates, built from City of Edmonton open data. They show the scale of that shared cost, not exact measurements. Every figure here is an estimate. How it works & what it can’t tell you →
Every corridor here is currently under construction. The City's open data only publishes active and upcoming permits, so completed-project history is being built up over time and isn’t shown yet.
Data last updated · 16 active corridors · sourced from data.edmonton.ca
Active corridors
Avg. construction span
Longest running
Total estimated delay
Featured projects
The highest-impact corridors. See all 16 on the projects page.
Yellowhead Trail Construction
Yellowhead Trail
Duration
3,621 days
Vehicles
218.3M
Est. delay
7.3M hrs
Terwillegar Drive Construction
Terwillegar Drive
Duration
2,131 days
Vehicles
79.5M
Est. delay
2.2M hrs
Whitemud Drive Construction
Whitemud Drive
Duration
1,056 days
Vehicles
72.9M
Est. delay
2M hrs
Anthony Henday Drive Construction
Anthony Henday Drive
Duration
771 days
Vehicles
57.9M
Est. delay
1.9M hrs
St Albert Trail Construction
St Albert Trail
Duration
1,242 days
Vehicles
44.8M
Est. delay
1.3M hrs
Stony Plain Road Construction
Stony Plain Road
Duration
1,679 days
Vehicles
36.8M
Est. delay
980.5K hrs
Busiest corridors affected
Highest daily traffic under construction.
Why this matters
Long-running projects can look manageable on paper, but the real impact is felt in repeated delays, detours, and lost hours for commuters.
Estimated vehicles impacted
~511.1M
Across 12 projects; multi-corridor projects counted once.
Most surprising stat
Yellowhead Trail Construction has been running for over 9 years, the longest-lived project on the map.
Construction duration by corridor
Start to scheduled finish, longest first. Hover or focus a bar for details.