05-10-2017, 01:15 AM
Speaking of the Laurier-Waterloo Park station...I had the pleasure of trying to navigate from west to east through the park today. I arrived from the path that leads to the bandshell, heading west, on foot with a bike, trailer, dog and two-year-old on foot. The path ended with a chainlink fence where there used to be the road crossing at the south end of the parking lot. My options were: go right along a path that was clearly under construction (the bulldozer trundling back and forth was a big hint), or go left, past several trucks and a cement mixer parked on the path as the concrete was poured on the platform. I went left. One of the contractors even helped me get untangled. Once I successfully wove through the trucks, and across the tracks at Seagram, I had then worked my way along the path on eastern side until I reconnected with the path/roadway to continue east. I realize that construction has to happen, but it seemed like the construction gods were not happy with me at the moment..
A couple thoughts:
1. It looked like there will be a pedestrian crossing at the south end of the platform, but pedestrians will be crossing the gauntlets tracks with quite a significant gap between the rails. Will there be some sort of rubber to prevent canes or ankles from getting stuck?
2. I took a look at the functional design drawings (PDF, circa 2014?) for the areas and they appear to show a pedestrian crossing where the internal park road crossing used to be. Today, there was clearly a very complete chain link fence there and it looks (possibly), like the path is going further south than the drawings show (I didn't pause to look past the bulldozer). Did the plan change? Or am I misreading the drawings?
A couple thoughts:
1. It looked like there will be a pedestrian crossing at the south end of the platform, but pedestrians will be crossing the gauntlets tracks with quite a significant gap between the rails. Will there be some sort of rubber to prevent canes or ankles from getting stuck?
2. I took a look at the functional design drawings (PDF, circa 2014?) for the areas and they appear to show a pedestrian crossing where the internal park road crossing used to be. Today, there was clearly a very complete chain link fence there and it looks (possibly), like the path is going further south than the drawings show (I didn't pause to look past the bulldozer). Did the plan change? Or am I misreading the drawings?