+- Waterloo Region Connected (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com)
+-- Forum: Waterloo Region Works (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=14)
+--- Forum: Transportation and Infrastructure (https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25)
+--- Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion (/showthread.php?tid=335)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - danbrotherston - 09-29-2016
(09-29-2016, 10:20 AM)clasher Wrote: I rode through there a couple weeks ago and it's pretty rough in some spots, you can see the potholes and crappy patch job on streetview if you're curious.
I think the high bids are because of the increased cost of dealing with sensitive wetlands and building the bridge. Seems like the kind of project that bidding close would just result in a contractor taking a bath.
The wetlands and such are certainly a factor, but staff should have accounted for that during their estimates, but in 2013 when the estimates were being formed, it would have been hard to foresee the spike in construction costs.
The road surface can be repaired without widening the road though. I would hope the city wouldn't be widening unless there were serious capacity issues.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - clasher - 09-29-2016
I think there will be more traffic once the subdivisions farther west along Columbia are all built out. I don't drive up in that part of town but it'd be nice to have bike lanes along that stretch finally.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - timc - 09-29-2016
There are capacity issues. My biggest concern is how bad the pedestrian facilities are. As in, there aren't any. :-)
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4630348,-80.5793114,3a,75y,267.59h,86.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_A3kuNgxeq0QQsS5DssNrw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Pheidippides - 10-06-2016
A few questions about Weber:
1) What is the delay in finishing that little triangle between the tracks, Weber, and Louisa? Also, what is the metal frame for? It looks like an unfinished illuminated sign.
2) I've always been curious why, when NB, the speed limit increases from 50 to 60 as you approach the Erb/Bridgeport section as that is where you are most likely to encounter non-automotive users. What is the criteria for setting the speed limits?
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - danbrotherston - 10-06-2016
(10-06-2016, 03:48 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: A few questions about Weber:
1) What is the delay in finishing that little triangle between the tracks, Weber, and Louisa? Also, what is the metal frame for? It looks like an unfinished illuminated sign.
2) I've always been curious why, when NB, the speed limit increases from 50 to 60 as you approach the Erb/Bridgeport section as that is where you are most likely to encounter non-automotive users. What is the criteria for setting the speed limits?
For 2 it could be a change from regional/city road or from city to city are common reasons.
For 1 see delay on finishing bridge railing or putting up any sign to mark the mut
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - KevinL - 10-15-2016
Things are still moving for the Ottawa South roundabouts - the Rona garden centre is being downsized and the retaining wall moved back.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Canard - 10-15-2016
The ramp from 8 South* to 401 East was even more of a mess than usual, yesterday; overnight, crews moved the merge point even further back, creating chaos.
I really can't wait for those two ramp lanes to just go straight through!
Progress on the 401 widening itself seems to be mostly happening near the slight curve by the Kinsmen/Kinnette building/Riverside Park at the bottom of the hill on the South side. This is such a massive project, but the progress looks so slow when compared to how fast the Light Rail system is coming together!
* - Sorry, I can't ever picture this as being East/West with a near-perpendicular meetup with 401!
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - neonjoe - 10-15-2016
Fischer/Hallman between Ottawa and Bleams now has all its new lanes open. This project was done very quickly.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - tomh009 - 10-17-2016
(10-15-2016, 09:32 AM)Canard Wrote: The ramp from 8 South* to 401 East was even more of a mess than usual, yesterday; overnight, crews moved the merge point even further back, creating chaos.
Taking King St E instead, to avoid the on-ramp, seems like a better and better choice.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Markster - 10-17-2016
(10-15-2016, 09:32 AM)Canard Wrote: The ramp from 8 South* to 401 East was even more of a mess than usual, yesterday; overnight, crews moved the merge point even further back, creating chaos.
That's wonderful! It is all merging down to a single lane regardless, so it should force the merge early enough so that the traffic backlog quickly reaches an alternative exit, and people naturally re-route upon seeing congestion. As it was, the highway accumulated way too many captive cars.
(10-17-2016, 09:58 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Taking King St E instead, to avoid the on-ramp, seems like a better and better choice.
If you use Google GPS navigation, it will suggest that route quite often, as it knows it is faster as certain times.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Canard - 10-17-2016
Yeah, I sometimes do that, but depending on my mood it's just easier to sit there and inch forward on the highway chilling out rather than deal with the insanity of King St. E at that time of day. People drive like maniacs there. It's a 60 but everyone drives like 80 and it's awful.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - GtwoK - 10-17-2016
The Southeast ramp onto Wellington is shutting down this week, and the new ramp entrance / exit is opening on the Northeast side. The shut down of the SE ramp will probably be permanent, seeing as that's where the new Hwy 7 overpass is scheduled to go.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - jamincan - 10-17-2016
I think the merge point has been returned to the original point. It seems like the change was just temporary over the weekend.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - GtwoK - 10-19-2016
Was some work going on at the Weber underpass today, the East lane was closed off. Not sure if that means they're putting on the wooden rails finally. But I'm also not sure why the lane would need to be closed off for that.
RE: General Road and Highway Discussion - Canard - 10-19-2016
(10-19-2016, 04:41 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Was some work going on at the Weber underpass today, the East lane was closed off. Not sure if that means they're putting on the wooden rails finally. But I'm also not sure why the lane would need to be closed off for that.
It's this:
@tomjgalloway14 @RegionWaterloo Still no wood & now the concrete has been torn up. What is going on? Cc: @570NEWS @CTVKitchener @WR_Record pic.twitter.com/cvEfHhAaO7
— iain (@Canardiain) October 19, 2016
There's also a lot of work on the sidewalks (completely torn up!) just North of there, too.
Lots more discussion about the railings and the underpass itself, here.