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(03-15-2016, 04:26 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Seems like Erb is undergoing some night utility work because of extensive lane closures. Anyone know if the right turn segment / island from Caroline onto Erb Westbound is being included with Ion construction, or is that part of the Bridgeport / Erb / Albert rework in a few years?
That's part of ION.
The Bridgeport / Erb / Albert rework was specifically ordered to accommodate the intersection design received from the Rapid Transit team.
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The Fairview Park station area is now fenced off and some digging has started again on the hydro corridor.
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(03-15-2016, 06:34 PM)Lens Wrote: The Fairview Park station area is now fenced off and some digging has started again on the hydro corridor.
Notably, the trees that stood next to Wilson Avenue have been recently felled. I would not be surprised to see excavation begin soon.
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Gaukel at Charles is open again, and buses are using it.
The embedded track is now laid across Ontario St, but just the first concrete pour. They still need to lay the concrete on either side of the tracks. Ontario might be open again in a week or so.
Queen St seems to be having continual work, as I'm seeing trenches appear and disappear each time I go past. Really wonder how much longer it's going to take. If all the other on-street stations are indicative, they'll pour the Queen Station platform before they lay rail, so I suppose Queen St still has a couple months of closure to go.
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Yeah, the pit at Queen and Charles is unreal! I wonder if they "found something" there that caused a hiccup, or if there really was just that much work to be done there, and it's on-track.
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I understand that area is a particularly important point in the water main system, so that may well be the source of the time delay.
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Queen is still somehow scheduled to reopen in 2 weeks, surprisingly.
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Hmm, that suggests they were/are hoping that trackwork will be complete there as well. Otherwise they were assuming it would open to traffic only to close again right after for trackwork. So that suggests they are really behind, because a crossing with embedded track has historically taken 2-4 weeks in other locations.
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Fences are down on the Southbound side of the Cedar/Kitchener Market stop - I assume this is in preparation for pulling the rails stored there. Rebar mats are in place between there and Benton, along with the idler rollers they place on the ground to ease rail pulling.
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Does anyone know where I can find a good map of ION Phase 2 which also shows street names associated with the route(s)?
Thanks
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Catenery stays were up on the poles north of Columbia today. Sorry mid hail storm on a bus so no pictures.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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There are sleepers and rails in place for the second track from the Seagram station down to the bridge in Waterloo park. It looked like there was still a gap at the station though.
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(03-15-2016, 09:07 PM)Markster Wrote: The embedded track is now laid across Ontario St, but just the first concrete pour. They still need to lay the concrete on either side of the tracks. Ontario might be open again in a week or so.
Actually, on intersections they do a full pour right to the edges - the two-side-section arrangement is only in lower-traffic areas. Thus I think Ontario may open earlier than you expect.
Looks like things are coming along well north of Water street on Charles - I would not be surprised to see the focus of work move there pretty soon.
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The track between Water and Francis has sat there for quite some time (many weeks/couple of months) - I haven't seen any movement there in a long, long while. I suspect they're waiting until they do the "big rush" along Victoria to do it all then. Unless something has changed in the last day or two.
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(03-17-2016, 03:44 PM)KevinL Wrote: Actually, on intersections they do a full pour right to the edges - the two-side-section arrangement is only in lower-traffic areas. Thus I think Ontario may open earlier than you expect.
Looks like things are coming along well north of Water street on Charles - I would not be surprised to see the focus of work move there pretty soon.
Yeah, I went the next day, and saw there was concrete right to the asphalt.
I swear I saw a gaping void between them, but I guess I was hallucinating.
It should be open in days.
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