ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[gomesjustin]

Feel free to continue making fun of every single thing I post. That's what community is about! (Edit: not.)

Sorry, insider.  I shouldn't have said that - I apologize.  Just having a bit of fun and bouncing back what people constantly do to me on this forum - feeling a bit bullied, that's all.  And agreed, it's completely not constructive.  I appreciate you sharing the information you were provided with.  And agreed, it's completely not constructive.

^ See. We can all be nice and civil here. Good on ya' Canard!

[MidTowner]

Sorry, insider. I shouldn't have said that - I apologize. Just having a bit of fun and bouncing back what people constantly do to me on this forum - feeling a bit bullied, that's all. And agreed, it's completely not constructive. I appreciate you sharing the information you were provided with. And agreed, it's completely not constructive.

If you feel bullied, you should raise it in one of the forums on forum issues. Or send a PM about it when a specific instance comes up (maybe you do do this).

For what it's worth, generally I find the civility around here to be at pretty high levels. There are always going to be some exceptions.

[KevinL]

- Moore / King closing for 6 months. It makes sense why it's needed, but how is access to the King's Crossing lot supposed to be accomplished? Just the roundabout way from the back of Wellington? Either way, big work on the grade separation coming soon!

The driveway beside Laura Sharpe may still be usable.

[GtwoK]

You'd think so initially, but from Moore to Wellington, King is one-way, so the only (legal) way to get to that driveway is from Moore, which won't be accessible.

[Elmira Guy]

This place is a bloody oasis compared to the Canada section of SSP. Jesus what a nightmare that place is!

[kps]

… the Canada section of SSP.

I know some of those words…

[Canard]

Here are a couple of photos showing the detail work the crews are doing on the catenary poles along the Waterloo Spur.

   

   

[Elmira Guy]

kps wrote "I know some of those words…" (sorry, quoting doesn't work on my phone)

I presume by that you understand then what I'm talking about.

[Square]

Here is another change from the early Fairview Park Mall stop render.   The old render here :  http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo...rkmall.pdf

This is new, didn't know they were going to do this : http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo...0_Fair.pdf

[KevinL]

The old render was just LRT scope. How the bus connections would be attached came later.

[Lens]

Here is another change from the early Fairview Park Mall stop render.   The old render here :  http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo...rkmall.pdf

This is new, didn't know they were going to do this : http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo...0_Fair.pdf

This seems like an odd choice to me, but it looks like Cadillac Fairview is planning an expansion "The Mall owner has
indicated in recent years that it has alternate plans for the lands currently occupied by
GRT at the Mall and requires the removal of the GRT bus passenger facility from its
lands. "

Either that or they're just trying to force the terminal to move. Either way, moving the terminal closer to Fairway road and Wilson will make connections to the mall and to the surrounding neighourhood slightly worse. If they do invest in a quality facility then it'll be worth the extra inconvenience of walking further.

[Canard]

For the sake of my sanity I really, really need them to re-do the rendering for the Fairway stop. That original one is so horrific I can't even. Like how could anyone look at that and go "Yes! Approve." :: rubber stamps it ::

It's *awful*.

[ert86]

Region to expropriate Fairway Road restaurants for bus terminal

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6397...-terminal/

I definitely wont miss the flareups that blanket the area with greasy smoke spweing out of Burger king, but will miss crabby joes.

[Pheidippides]

To attempt to answer the much earlier question about whether the g:link project was done on time and on budget I found this report that says it was on time:
http://www.acaa.net.au/wp-content/upload...t-Rail.pdf
"The project was ultimately delivered on time in mid-2014, with the success of the system demonstrated at its opening on Sunday 20 July 2014, which approximately 80,000 commuters attended."
 
I did not find anything about whether the budget was met, but I also did not find anything saying it went over or needed additional funds or a bailout.

As for the testing and certification phase the timelines seem to match what others have said before, 8-10 months:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G:link
“Testing commenced on the northern section of the line in October 2013. The line opened on 20 July 2014, with a free travel day, before normal operations began on 21 July.”

I noticed in the finance agenda that the 2015 year end report is on the agenda. The 2014 report had a full appendix of rapid transit project expenditures to date, the 2015 report does not even mention the project.

2014:
http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...df#page=41

2015:
http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/region...df#page=17

I also found it odd that there has been no update to council on contruction progress to date or the construction to come this season as was done last spring; guess grandlinq is too busy doing the actual work.

[kps]

kps wrote "I know some of those words…" (sorry, quoting doesn't work on my phone)

I presume by that you understand then what I'm talking about.

No, I don't know what an SSP is; should I? Scottish Socialist Party? Survival Single Player? Secure Simple Paring? Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis? Solid State Physics? I guess Sterling State Park might have a Canada section, since it's on the border — are they getting an LRT to Detroit?