ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Canard]

My guess is that since the final top layer of pavement isn't on, that this is going to all get repainted once it does. The left turn lane is the problem, it's much further ahead than depicted in the Functional Design Plans.

So this is probably just a screw-up (how?), and will get fixed once the final pavement goes down. I hope.

[bpoland]

It seems like more than just a painting mistake though. Isn't the crosswalk farther into the curve than the plans indicate?

[urbd]

I noticed a sign at the GRT bus stop on William/Caroline that William will close on September 21 for 2 months, with a map saying that Erb/Caroline should be open from that day for the detour.

[Markster]

My guess is that since the final top layer of pavement isn't on, that this is going to all get repainted once it does. The left turn lane is the problem, it's much further ahead than depicted in the Functional Design Plans.

So this is probably just a screw-up (how?), and will get fixed once the final pavement goes down. I hope.

As far as I can tell, it seems that Duke St was supposed to bend further to the south in the original plans.

   

You can see there's a bulb of buffer space next to the LRT in that plan drawing, that isn't reflected in the final product. The through lane is simply pressed right up against the LRT.

[tomh009]

Embedded track being poured today at King/Victoria.

   

   

[Canard]

Beautiful mid-day shots as always, Tom!

[tomh009]

Thanks, Iain. Makes a change from my recent early-morning ones!

[Canard]

Those are great too! This morning, I drove my husband to the University and we passed by the Laurier/Waterloo Park station, and the guys had started cutting out all the platform concrete for the grounding rework. The dust kicking up in the morning sun was breathtaking - I cursed I didn't have my camera with me!

[timc]

Speaking of grounding rework, what is happening at the UW station? I thought they already reworked it for grounding, but they have chiseled the entire edge of concrete out again?

[Canard]

They're not done - it's still ongoing. It was like 2+ months of work at R&T. The first 5 platforms they poured will have this done - they caught it on platform 6.

[tomh009]

Do you know which five those are? In Kitchener, I think at least Victoria Park was one of the early ones to be poured.

[BuildingScout]

They're not done - it's still ongoing. It was like 2+ months of work at R&T. The first 5 platforms they poured will have this done - they caught it on platform 6.

Back home you are not supposed to pour concrete until an independent architect/engineer comes and gives it a once over look. This is because chipping away concrete and pouring again is so expensive and time consuming. They check rebar width, separation of cross ties, dimension of columns, and so on.

[KevinL]

They're not done - it's still ongoing. It was like 2+ months of work at R&T. The first 5 platforms they poured will have this done - they caught it on platform 6.

Back home you are not supposed to pour concrete until an independent architect/engineer comes and gives it a once over look. This is because chipping away concrete and pouring again is so expensive and time consuming. They check rebar width, separation of cross ties, dimension of columns, and so on.

I don't think anything was wrong structurally, and that's why that went ahead - it's a question of electrical grounding, which the usual engineers may not have realized at first.

[Canard]

Good thing about P3 - it's on GrandLinq's dime, not the Region's.

I'm amazed at the number of know-it-alls I run into who are all "OHHHHH JUST WAIT UNTIL IT GOES WAYYYYY OVER BUDGET BLARRRGH" and then I tell them it's a fixed-cost P3 and they have no idea what that is.

[danbrotherston]

Good thing about P3 - it's on GrandLinq's dime, not the Region's.

I'm amazed at the number of know-it-alls I run into who are all "OHHHHH JUST WAIT UNTIL IT GOES WAYYYYY OVER BUDGET BLARRRGH" and then I tell them it's a fixed-cost P3 and they have no idea what that is.

Or they don't believe you. The ability for one to maintain belief in the face of contradictory fact is virtually unlimited in humans.

Out of curiosity, does the grounding requirements have to do with the fact that this is an overhead catenary system? Does this also mean that every station platform on the GO lines will have to be rebuilt when they're electrified?