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A proposed reconfiguration of Saskatoon’s only cloverleaf interchange would rank as one of the city’s most expensive infrastructure initiatives.

A City of Saskatoon report outlines a plan to revamp the interchange of Highway 11 and Highway 16/Circle Drive to replace two of the circular ramps with new roadways and underground tunnels.

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The projected cost of $280.4 million would make it by far the most expensive reconfiguration of existing infrastructure.

Taxpayers can breathe a little easy, because the plan is intended for consideration 10 to 15 years from now, when the city expects to close in on a population of half a million people.

City council’s transportation committee was treated this week to a slick video with three-dimensional graphics showing the proposed transformation.

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“I think it looks wonderful and it’s the greatest presentation I’ve ever seen,” Coun. Randy Donauer said at Tuesday’s committee meeting. “I just get a little nervous of the price tag.”