06-26-2017, 07:16 AM
(06-25-2017, 11:16 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: https://www.therecord.com/news-story/739...ned-mayor/
Having some convos about this on Facebook. The usual local personalities believe it demonstrates Kitchener city council is completely incompetent and should be voted out, it's somehow caused by the LRT, etc. As far as I can see this sort of thing is mostly federally regulated; the operator (Grand River Hospital according to one EMS) is supposed to perform a new obstacle survey when an object is going to penetrate the flight path, and the construction company is supposed to provide notification to Transport Canada and affix standard obstruction markings. What is Kitchener's responsibility in this? Does Grand River Hospital actually operate the heliport? Is this likely something that will be resolved quickly?
To be fair, even to unreasonable people, we LRT enthusiasts would claim that the construction project is at least in part caused by LRT.
Personally I hope they find a way to put it on the hospital roof. Eliminating the ambulance hop at the end feels like a significant win.