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(10-30-2015, 11:31 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I think I missed something. Phase II routing to Cambridge has (as far as I know) used Hespeler for a while. An EA has been done, hasn't it? Ion aBRT has been installed there. Why are we talking about changing the routing?
It's always been a conceptual routing.
An EA for LRT has not been completed, and that's what they're starting in November.
We're talking about routing, because Doug Craig doesn't want it on Water Street in front of Galt Collegiate Institute.
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(10-30-2015, 11:49 AM)Markster Wrote: We're talking about routing, because Doug Craig doesn't want it on Water Street in front of Galt Collegiate Institute.
That's what I thought.
I was under the impression that an EA had been completed, so thank you for clarifying. aBRT is already running on Hespeler. I know he's the person Cambridge re-elected as mayor, but this seems like past the time to talk about where you (don't) want LRT running.
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Duke Street closing between College / Ontario starting Monday. Wow, wasn't expecting this leg to start this year. Figured they'd wait for this NB portion until spring sure to both weather and current traffic with the SB portion underway.
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They started Caroline and Borden around this time last fall to get as much as they could complete before the winter hit.
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Probably just utility work, but still, yeah - really thought they'd wait until Charles was re-opened as a vehicular thoroughfare before shutting down one of the only other options. Yikes/Yay?
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There are officially curbs running down the west side of King St, running from Wellington to just before KCI (because the retaining wall isn't finished yet).
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(10-30-2015, 01:49 AM)notmyfriends Wrote: Wasnt there a pretty document that walked through short/medium/long (pie in the sky) redevelopment plans for Hespeler road and Fairway road and other areas? Had a bunch of high rises and what not filling up the Cambridge Centre parking lot etc.
Here you go, notmyfriends, I found it!
http://issuu.com/urbanstrategiesinc/docs...647#search
The transformation over time section starts on page 135. Page 139 has Hespeler Road and page:
Fairway is pretty interesting too on page 145:
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As much as I don't want to post this, I'd rather it be me that breaks the bad news. First official word that our trains are behind schedule - and so is the King Street Underpass, by a staggering 6 months.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/lrt-vehicle-...-1.2635924
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(10-30-2015, 07:11 PM)Canard Wrote: As much as I don't want to post this, I'd rather it be me that breaks the bad news. First official word that our trains are behind schedule - and so is the King Street Underpass, by a staggering 6 months.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/lrt-vehicle-...-1.2635924
And so it begins...
At least they are being up front about it.
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The fact that the trains might be behind schedule doesn't seem so surprising given all of Bombardier's woes. That the King Street underpass would be half a year behind schedule already...wow.
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There's still a lot of time that Bombardier can pull up the schedule, too. I'm not concerned. What I am concerned about is the delay at Weber. 6 months behind on an 18 month-project is pretty bad. That pushes the projected opening back to early 2017. That's very bad.
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In more positive news, it appears the northbound curve at Benton had its concrete poured today! I would provide a picture but I didn't get to see it until after dark and it's tarped over.
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Weather forecasts for this winter tend to suggest it will be less extreme than the past few years, but you can't trust the forecast for more than a few days in advance.
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(10-30-2015, 07:11 PM)Canard Wrote: As much as I don't want to post this, I'd rather it be me that breaks the bad news. First official word that our trains are behind schedule - and so is the King Street Underpass, by a staggering 6 months.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/lrt-vehicle-...-1.2635924
Are we confident that Galloway is accurate with his 6-month figure? Or is it only a guess? It seems very long given that it's driven by only the approval process.
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(10-30-2015, 05:48 PM)notmyfriends Wrote: (10-30-2015, 01:49 AM)notmyfriends Wrote: Wasnt there a pretty document that walked through short/medium/long (pie in the sky) redevelopment plans for Hespeler road and Fairway road and other areas? Had a bunch of high rises and what not filling up the Cambridge Centre parking lot etc.
Here you go, notmyfriends, I found it!
http://issuu.com/urbanstrategiesinc/docs...647#search
The transformation over time section starts on page 135. Page 139 has Hespeler Road and page:
Looks like they have everything on my wishlist. I'd extend the creekside linear park up to Eagle, but one block at a time!
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