11-23-2021, 12:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-23-2021, 12:15 PM by danbrotherston.)
(11-23-2021, 10:26 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(11-16-2021, 04:48 PM)taylortbb Wrote: Looks like the blocks sitting in the Joseph St bike lane are getting used sooner rather than later, seems that work is beginning on the Queen St section.
The retaining wall is in now. But I am mystified as to why they did this. The existing slope was not terrible, and the amount of additional sidewalk (?) width is minimal. So, what was the rationale for this project?
Well the retaining wall was moved back a good couple of feet. I have no doubt those feet are necessary for the bike lane to fit in the road.
If we want to be fiscally conservative, a better option would have been to make Queens one way, or even *gasp* closed to through traffic...but the time for that was when the rest of the road was being rebuilt, not for a 40 foot long section here.
And while I think that we should be better at reusing our construction materials--there was already a retaining wall there--I'm not familiar enough with the specific products in use to say for sure if that was feasible...what I do suspect, is that it was never even considered.