A wide range of interchange options have been assessed. The three options below were determined to meet our goals of increasing safety, reducing congestion and improving reliability.

All three of the design options have different considerations, including:

• Parks and green spaces
• Schools and athletic fields
• Existing communities and access to these areas
• Adjacent property owners
• Environmentally-sensitive areas including Colquitz Creek and Portage Inlet

The project team is interested in your feedback regarding the three options, including whether there are additional considerations that you would like the project team to be aware of prior to finalizing a design option.

You can download a PDF with the 3 options in one document or click on each of the images below:

Option 1: Diamond Interchange with Trans-Canada Hwy Under McKenzie/Admirals

Option 2: Partial Cloverleaf with Trans-Canada Under McKenzie/Admirals

Option 3: Diamond Interchange with Trans-Canada Over McKenzie/Admirals

Next steps are to:

• Consider input from the public, stakeholder groups and First Nations
• Select the interchange design option
• Complete more detailed design to determine:
  • Details of roadways and structures
  • Locations of transit stops
  • Design of pedestrian facilities crossing TCH and McKenzie Avenue
  • Potential property and environmental effects and appropriate mitigation measures
• Provide opportunity for public input on functional design in spring 2016

Resources

• Original article
• Press release on the matter, for the political spin

• McKenzie Interchange, originally pegged for 2018 completion, now to end in 2020
• Drone footage of McKenzie Interchange
• Progress update on McKenzie interchange: Second contract awarded
• Update on progress at the McKenzie interchange
• Progress at the McKenzie Interchange
• Blasting for the new Mckenzie interchange will cause evening delays, now through April
• Ceremonial shovels break ground for the Mckenzie Interchange
• McKenzie Interchange project moves forward; further design work showcased
• Sooke Commuters: Final concept chosen for McKenzie Interchange
• Sooke Commuters check out these Computer-generated simulations of the planned McKenzie Interchange
• Concepts revealed for future McKenzie Interchange
• Open house for the McKenzie Interchange Project
• Sooke Commuters: Have your say on the McKenzie Interchange Project
• New Trans-Canada Interchange and an Extension to Westshore Parkway for CRD Commuters
• TCH access points at Leigh Rd and Westshore Parkway to see improvements; Spencer Rd and Goldstream Ave to be permanently closed; McKenzie intersection not mentioned