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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 as of Jul 19, 2026 · 16 active corridors · sourced from data.edmonton.ca

Active corridors

16
currently under construction

Avg. construction span

1,050 days
≈2.9 yrs · start → scheduled finish

Longest running

Yellowhead Trail Construction
2,860 days

Total estimated delay

~10.8M hrs
Across 12 projects · shared work counted once

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

~400.2M

Across 12 projects; multi-corridor projects counted once.

Most surprising stat

Yellowhead Trail Construction has been running for over 7 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.

  • Yellowhead Trail7.8 yr
  • Terwillegar Drive5.7 yr
  • Stony Plain Road4.6 yr
  • 127 Street3.6 yr
  • St Albert Trail3.4 yr
  • 124 Street3.4 yr
  • Whitemud Drive2.9 yr
  • 104 Avenue2.8 yr
  • 99 Street2.6 yr
  • 103a Avenue2.6 yr
  • 91 Street1.4 yr
  • 149 Street1.1 yr
  • 107 Avenue1.1 yr
  • 111 Street1.0 yr
  • 109 Street1.0 yr
  • 23 Avenue1.0 yr