01-31-2016, 12:03 PM
Back to the King and Victoria Transit Hub....
http://mhbpna.blogspot.ca/2016/01/grandl...rther.html
" GrandLinq and Region plan to further restrict access to Waterloo Street
As we all know, Waterloo Street, between Breithaupt Street and Victoria, has been closed for some time and will never reopen. This is because of the future Transit Hub.
Regional report P-14-061 of May 27, 2014, identifies this portion of Waterloo Street as a “main entrance from the Breithaupt Block and the residential area north of the Transit Hub” that will “form a strong pedestrian connection through the Hub site”.
The City of Kitchener handed over this part of Waterloo Street to the Region in the name of progress and the future of transit and added the caveat that it be “used primarily for pedestrian or vehicular movement”. While everyone hopes for the best, and we believe in the rosy future of transit, the Region and GrandLinq do not always have our neighbourhood interests at heart. In fact, it is mainly through the diligent research of local resident Bryan Smith that we even know some of their plans.
Since the Region is cutting off one of our streets, which was a convenient access to downtown Kitchener, we expected them to uphold their promise to make it a “strong pedestrian connection”. Yet a couple of years ago (at one of the final public meetings) planners indicated they were considering putting in stairs and an elevator. When we objected and said cyclists would want a clear path with no stairs, they claimed that would be too expensive because of the infrastructure that needed to be moved. We are still trying to monitor this issue.
We in the neighbourhood have tried to follow the Transit Hub plans but his has been difficult because things are very quiet now while the LRT construction takes over as the biggest concern in our area.
However, an LRT issue has unexpectedly become very important to the Waterloo Street “corridor”. There will be a transit station at the corner of Victoria and King and all stations need a “Traction Power Sub-Station” (TPSS). Originally this structure was going to be located behind the School of Pharmacy where it would not interfere with pedestrians or traffic. "
Thoughts on this? Seems like trivial details like contamination hasn't changed many other ION layouts....
http://mhbpna.blogspot.ca/2016/01/grandl...rther.html
" GrandLinq and Region plan to further restrict access to Waterloo Street
As we all know, Waterloo Street, between Breithaupt Street and Victoria, has been closed for some time and will never reopen. This is because of the future Transit Hub.
Regional report P-14-061 of May 27, 2014, identifies this portion of Waterloo Street as a “main entrance from the Breithaupt Block and the residential area north of the Transit Hub” that will “form a strong pedestrian connection through the Hub site”.
The City of Kitchener handed over this part of Waterloo Street to the Region in the name of progress and the future of transit and added the caveat that it be “used primarily for pedestrian or vehicular movement”. While everyone hopes for the best, and we believe in the rosy future of transit, the Region and GrandLinq do not always have our neighbourhood interests at heart. In fact, it is mainly through the diligent research of local resident Bryan Smith that we even know some of their plans.
Since the Region is cutting off one of our streets, which was a convenient access to downtown Kitchener, we expected them to uphold their promise to make it a “strong pedestrian connection”. Yet a couple of years ago (at one of the final public meetings) planners indicated they were considering putting in stairs and an elevator. When we objected and said cyclists would want a clear path with no stairs, they claimed that would be too expensive because of the infrastructure that needed to be moved. We are still trying to monitor this issue.
We in the neighbourhood have tried to follow the Transit Hub plans but his has been difficult because things are very quiet now while the LRT construction takes over as the biggest concern in our area.
However, an LRT issue has unexpectedly become very important to the Waterloo Street “corridor”. There will be a transit station at the corner of Victoria and King and all stations need a “Traction Power Sub-Station” (TPSS). Originally this structure was going to be located behind the School of Pharmacy where it would not interfere with pedestrians or traffic. "
Thoughts on this? Seems like trivial details like contamination hasn't changed many other ION layouts....