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  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

The former Taco Bell on Westmount @ Victoria is now being demolished and the site cleared for a new mixed use building.
  JCnb Urban Areas 5,530 3,915,894 03-21-2022, 02:15 PM
  Thread: Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road
Post: RE: Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline R...

Slightly outside the scope of this thread... anyone know what work has been happening eastbound 401 through the 6's the past few weeks? Anything related to the fuel spill, Conc. 7 overpass or other?
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 441 302,961 12-04-2020, 02:09 PM
  Thread: Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road
Post: RE: Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline R...

Bjays93 Wrote: (10-19-2020, 04:36 PM) -- Bytor Wrote: (10-19-2020, 03:40 PM) -- Franklin Rd has already been done. -- Franklin Rd bridge yes. The interchange has not though. It will be all direction...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 441 302,961 10-22-2020, 03:00 PM
  Thread: 22 Frederick St redevelopment | Completed
Post: RE: 22 Frederick St redevelopment

DK519 Wrote: (02-25-2020, 11:29 AM) -- Efflorescence, no? There is nothing on the other side of that brick except a cat-walk type thing that runs along those windows. I suspect water runs down the...
  JCnb Urban Areas 154 59,667 02-25-2020, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park (née SIXO) | 28 + 20? + 12? + ? f...

Driving by on the weekend I was surprised to see the office building on the corner of King and Wellington to be nothing more than a hole in the ground.. Progress!
  JCnb Urban Areas 1,667 968,805 12-16-2019, 03:54 PM
  Thread: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more
Post: RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and...

Bombardier to lay off half the 1,100 workers at Thunder Bay railway plant https://www.nugget.ca/news/local-news/bombardier-to-lay-off-half-the-1100-workers-at-thunder-bay-railway-plant
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 384 335,300 07-10-2019, 09:39 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

From CTV's updated article... "According to police, the van was driving north on Water Street when it failed to stop for a red light. It struck an LRT vehicle on Duke, which had the right of way."...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 05-31-2019, 02:38 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Oh no! https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/lrt-vehicle-van-crash-in-downtown-kitchener-1.4446021
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 05-31-2019, 12:55 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Definitely a huge ramp-up in testing! My daily commute takes me down the Northfeild stretch and spotting an LRV was always like spotting a magical unicorn. The past three days, 3-3! Very exciting.
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 05-10-2019, 11:43 AM
  Thread: 508 Beechwood Drive | 12 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 508 Beechwood Drive | 12 fl | Proposed

tomh009 Wrote: (05-06-2019, 09:27 AM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (05-06-2019, 09:03 AM) -- But the OMB will probably side with the developer ... -- Especially the new OMB LPAT. -- Province restores OM...
  JCnb Suburbs 26 14,699 05-06-2019, 10:30 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

jamincan Wrote: (04-11-2019, 05:29 AM) -- The express lanes on the parkway were closed last night. Any ideas about what work they were doing? -- The work appears to be related to completing the reha...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 3,085 2,206,160 04-11-2019, 12:09 PM
  Thread: Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | Propose...

mastermind Wrote: (12-19-2018, 12:51 PM) -- How do you know it's issued?  Does "Status: Status Letter Sent:" mean the building permit is issued? -- When a building permit application is either inco...
  JCnb Urban Areas 764 422,617 12-19-2018, 01:58 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canar Wrote: (11-09-2018, 12:09 PM) -- JCnb - I caught a new trackmobile heading north on the Conestoga parkway a few weeks ago, I wonder if they’ve bought a bunch more of them! 510 left on Wednes...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 11-09-2018, 02:29 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

A trackmobile was being unloaded from flatbed truck this morning at the OMSF, i predict a delivery in the next few days!
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 11-09-2018, 09:50 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Something I am beginning to notice as I regularly encounter an LRV turning to or from Northfeild: Once the train has cleared the intersection and is either heading back down the spur or down Northfe...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 11-02-2018, 10:06 AM
  Thread: Hygate
Post: RE: The Uptown

Sounds like the owners ran into money issues, hope to see the project start back up again soon under new ownership. https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8762384-sale-pending-for-stalled-retirement-...
  JCnb Suburbs 35 29,948 07-26-2018, 09:29 AM
  Thread: Hygate
Post: RE: The Uptown

Work on site appears to have come to a halt, no work or equipment has been spotted for weeks now, if not months. Wonder what's going on!
  JCnb Suburbs 35 29,948 06-11-2018, 11:45 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Saw 507 + Friend get put away yesterday evening coupled together, have they been seen in the wild in this configuration yet?
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 06-08-2018, 09:02 AM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

A few shots from the Victoria bridge area this past weekend.
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,059 06-05-2018, 10:21 AM
  Thread: 316 King Street North | 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 316 King Street North | 15 fl | Proposed

For such a crappy building, it does have a pretty impressive yet odd penthouse unit! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153285673935278.1073741841.122210870277&type=3 (https://www.faceboo...
  JCnb University Area 22 16,748 05-17-2018, 02:24 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

Canard Wrote: (03-29-2018, 12:44 PM) -- Awesome, thank you!! The signs say the left lane of the collectors is closed until November. -- I couldn't tell driving through but the ramp closures at W...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,059 03-29-2018, 12:51 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

Canard Wrote: (03-29-2018, 11:48 AM) -- Are there any plans or drawings/elevations/images of the bridge design? Now you’ve got me curious, JCnb! -- http://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-St.-...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,059 03-29-2018, 12:41 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

avernar Wrote: (03-29-2018, 11:01 AM) -- This morning (last night?) they closed a lane or two on 85 northbound in the construction area.  Anyone know for how long? -- I believe the lane closures ar...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 927 821,059 03-29-2018, 11:06 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Has the entire line been checked for clearance at this point? (Clearance blocks no longer require?)
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 03-08-2018, 02:21 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Crews were leaf-blowing snow off the tracks over the Northfield bridge this morning, hopefully testing on this portion today?
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,453,203 03-07-2018, 10:49 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

Chris Wrote: (01-17-2018, 04:03 PM) -- wdjo Wrote: (01-17-2018, 11:35 AM) -- This morning I saw a GO bus pulled over for "route planning" (according to its display) on Victoria, just west of the Con...
  JCnb Transportation and Infrastructure 1,968 1,154,905 01-17-2018, 05:00 PM

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