ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[urbd]

I have the drawings but not sure if I can share them. I'll ask and get back to you.

do you also have landscape plans? what will the new streetscape in uptown be like? In particular, I'm curious about the street trees from William to Erb.

[Square]

Yesterday they were hammering out the Borden/ Charles stop.  Is this for the same problem?

Also the new road closures list Duke@the rail tracks are closing for two weeks.  Are they adding a second track here?

[Pheidippides]

Waterloo Public Square station was showing some progress today with rebar getting set up and insulation going in around some of the utilities.

Anchor wall frame at Allen:
   

How much do you think fixing each station platform would cost?

[Canard]

To the Region? $0. Fixed price P3.

Also: the speed limit signs are getting a bit ridiculous. 12 km/h? Really?

[KevinL]

Rick Mercer puts his own stamp on the Bombardier situation.

[BuildingScout]

To the Region? $0. Fixed price P3.

Also: the speed limit signs are getting a bit ridiculous. 12 km/h? Really?

That's the speed limit entering the station is it not? Sounds reasonable to me.

[Pheidippides]

To the Region? $0. Fixed price P3.

Also: the speed limit signs are getting a bit ridiculous. 12 km/h? Really?

Yes, I know it is of no addition cost to the region and it is part of the final price, but I am asking how much is the Region saving by doing it that way. How much is it eating in to GrandLinq's profit? $10,000 per station? $25,000?

[Canard]

My comment regarding the 12 km/h limit is its silly because it's too specific. Speed limits are almost always done in 5 unit increments.

Then again, I saw a 23 km/h limit sign once up in Northern Ontario.

Cost? Tens of thousands, easily. R&T had at least 10 folks working every day for 3 months doing the rework. It'll be a non-trivial amount, that's for sure. But again: this cost is invisible to us.

[plam]

My comment regarding the 12 km/h limit is its silly because it's too specific. Speed limits are almost always done in 5 unit increments.

Then again, I saw a 23 km/h limit sign once up in Northern Ontario.

Cost? Tens of thousands, easily. R&T had at least 10 folks working every day for 3 months doing the rework. It'll be a non-trivial amount, that's for sure. But again: this cost is invisible to us.

12km/h is really strange, but I can see 23km/h as being 15mph. These speed limits are often still in mph but converted.

[jamincan]

Evidently the original speeds were calculated in furlongs. 115 furlongs/hr = 23 kph and 60 furlongs/hr = 12 kph. It's the only thing that makes sense!

[GtwoK]

Noticed street lights have been added to the top of the catpoles along Charles, from Gaukel to Queen (maybe to Benton). The wires along the old wooden hydro poles have also been reduced to one lone one at the top. I'm not sure if that last one is significant in some way, but hopefully it'll come down soon, so these poles can be brought down and the area be freed from visual clutter!

Also, traffic lights have been activated at Water / Charles. Still nothing at Francis or Gaukel yet, for whatever reason.

ALSO also, there was a sign restricting left turns from Charles WB onto Benton SB - was this always there? I understand the reasoning, because of lane limitations, but still... the amount of restricted left turns being added downtown is going to make traffic a lot more hectic than already was, with drivers sure to ignore them.

[danbrotherston]

I would guess the top wire is a static wire that is grounded to protect the lower wires from lightning strikes.

[timc]

Evidently the original speeds were calculated in furlongs. 115 furlongs/hr = 23 kph and 60 furlongs/hr = 12 kph. It's the only thing that makes sense!

I assumed that 12 was close to half of 25, but I like your explanation better!

[timc]

I noticed in my travels today that the new streetlights on Northfield are LEDs, and I wasn't sure if anyone had mentioned that here yet.

[Canard]

ALSO also, there was a sign restricting left turns from Charles WB onto Benton SB - was this always there? I understand the reasoning, because of lane limitations, but still... the amount of restricted left turns being added downtown is going to make traffic a lot more hectic than already was, with drivers sure to ignore them.

Is that really a fair statement to make?

As a motorist who drives between 50k and 75k km per year, I can tell you that I don't come across this particular scenario often at all.