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The Long, Dangerous Road to Fort McMurray
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The Long, Dangerous Road to Fort McMurray
The highway to Fort McMurray and beyond goes by many names Suicide 63,
Highway of Death, Hells Highway. Its a well-earned reputation
Dakshana Bascaramurty
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA.
The Globe and Mail
Last updated: Saturday, Feb. 06, 2016 12:16PM EST
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/
suicide-63-the-deadly-route-into-fort-mcmurray-finally-set-to-befixed/
article28627352/
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Sometimes it is easy to tell if its been a successful rescue the cut and
the bruised are talking the whole time theyre being loaded into an
ambulance. Other times, the silent victims never regain consciousness,
maybe never make it alive to the nearest hospital.
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Nick Mysko learns of their fate the next day. Too often its another life
lost to an unforgiving patch of pavement, the most notorious stretch of
roadway in all of Alberta: Highway 63.
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Their job is to be first-responders to accidents on 63. Theyre funded by a
provincial grant and expected to be on call 24/7. The statistics show why:
From 2008 to 2012, there were 2,457 accidents along the entire route. From
2002 to 2010, 66 people were killed.
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The highways reputation is so bad that some peewee hockey teams in the
province refuse to play away games in Fort McMurray. Parents dont want to
send their kids up 63.
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It can be a boring drive with nothing much to see, Mr. Mysko says of the
highways ability to lull people into a false feeling of control. You get a
call [from the dispatcher], you go in expecting anything.
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The heightened attention on this highway stems from its role. Its not just
essential for transporting goods to the oil sands; it has become the main
connection to the rest of civilization for Fort McMurrays burgeoning
residential population of 73,000.
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Passing lanes periodically pop up along the drive down the highway, but
its common for impatient drivers to pass the car in front of them by
darting into oncoming traffic sometimes before cresting over blind hills
or turning blind corners. From 2008 to 2012, 130 collisions were head-on.
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Many blame the undivided design of the road for these crashes, including
one especially devastating accident in 2012 that killed seven people and
made national headlines. (Two pick-up trucks collided head-on when one
pulled out to pass a vehicle on a snowy night.)
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While some sections of 63 had been expanded to four lanes, the 2012
collision prompted a commitment from the province to twinning the highway
from Grassland, in the south, up to Fort McMurray by 2016. It will cost
$1.2-billion and is close to being completed.
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Theres a sense that Fort McMurray contributes very, very strongly to
Albertas economy and wasnt receiving an equivalent return, says
Transportation Minister Brian Mason.
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