11-01-2014, 08:51 PM
(10-30-2014, 01:57 PM)neonjoe Wrote:November ION Newsletter(10-30-2014, 01:36 PM)Section ThirtyOne Wrote: A large portion of the parking lot at Fairview Mall behind Hudson's Bay is now blocked off for construction. There is a large sign for ION, so I presume it is to build the station, etc.I believe that it is still for the hydro corridor burial. The RideIon.ca website lists the work near Fairview Park as one of the last phases.
http://rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca/...er2014.pdf
Hydro One construction update
"Hydro One is continuing work to relocate and bury a section of existing overhead
transmission infrastructure along the Hydro right-of-way in Kitchener, between the Fairview Park Mall parking lot and Courtland Avenue East. This work is being completed to accommodate future construction for ION.
This summer, construction to install the duct bank system for underground cables along the corridor began. The duct bank system will be used to house the cables and allow them to be easily accessed for required repairs. A majority of the duct bank system west of Wilson Avenue has been completed and Hydro One crews have completed installing foundations to support the new steel tower structures in the west end near Courtland Avenue and in the Fairview Park Mall parking
lot.
In the coming months, crews will continue installing the duct bank system along the corridor and will be installing the steel structures in the West end near Courtland Avenue and in the Fairview Park Mall Parking lot.
Once this is complete, the next phase of construction is expected to begin in November and involves pulling the underground cables through the duct bank system.
Access to Fairview Park Mall will remain open throughout construction."