Trails - Printable Version +- 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: Trails (/showthread.php?tid=378) Pages:
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RE: Trails - Pheidippides - 06-16-2018 There does seem to be some progress on the Queen to Victoria section and the new side trail to Victoria Park: RE: Trails - clasher - 06-16-2018 They're probably just gonna pave it all in one shot to save money... kind of a shame it's taken this long, I don't understand what kind of delays they could have possibly run into, the weather has been pretty good for road work. RE: Trails - Pheidippides - 06-18-2018 Update on IHT from city of Kitchener: "The Iron horse trail section between Victoria and CN Rail has had a few setbacks so far. The first set back was that the contractor found an asbestos pipe under the railway which required testing and special removal. The paving is now being held until the contractor receives an Eco counter which gets installed/embedded into the asphalt while its being laid. The trail is currently in a finished granular condition that the public can access until paving occurs. I would like to see the trail completed asap, but my contractor hasn’t been giving me a final date for this section. Sorry I can’t give you final dates for completion yet." RE: Trails - clasher - 06-18-2018 I guess the pipe was underneath the entire stretch of the ROW? Otherwise they could have paved part of it at least... RE: Trails - Canard - 06-19-2018 I would imagine it’s far more economical to pave all at once. If you have to go back they have to truck all the equipment in, schedule everyone for a second day, etc - twice the cost. RE: Trails - Pheidippides - 06-22-2018 It looks like they are at least paving the IHT section from Gage north to the CN tracks this morning. RE: Trails - jwilliamson - 06-22-2018 The central promenade through Waterloo Park has been paved. Hopefully they'll have it open this weekend. RE: Trails - Markster - 06-23-2018 (06-15-2018, 05:56 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Looks like they are proposing to replicate the Laurel trail crossing on Erb at Bridgeport by relocating the signal at Peppler: I got correspondence regarding the Laurel Trail signal: Quote:To: Concerned Parties Unfortunately, I no longer live in town, so I can't delegate, but I encourage anyone else who has a strong opinion on this to go! RE: Trails - plam - 06-25-2018 Iron Horse Trail north of Victoria now paved (though the pylons are still up): RE: Trails - Pheidippides - 06-25-2018 The concrete pad is tagged with spray painted already! Is the lighting is only between Queen and West? Edit: Answered my own question (page 45 of the T18-001 Drawings): Yes, lighting is only between West and Queen for now. RE: Trails - plam - 06-25-2018 (06-25-2018, 10:17 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: The concrete pad is tagged with spray painted already! I've taken streets instead of Iron Horse when I forgot my lights. Spur Line is better in that respect. The tagging happened before the asphalt was laid: I saw it last week I think. RE: Trails - KevinL - 06-25-2018 That can be powerwashed away easily enough. They're probably leaving it in place until just before the bench gets installed, as it could easily get tagged again. RE: Trails - Canard - 06-26-2018 Photos from Central Promenade: https://twitter.com/canardiain/status/1011350584316882944?s=21 RE: Trails - timc - 06-26-2018 (06-25-2018, 10:17 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: The concrete pad is tagged with spray painted already! That's how you know it's ready. RE: Trails - Pheidippides - 06-28-2018 I checked out the newly paved section of the IHT trail last night. It is quite nice. There is one really big bump where the trail meets the south side of Gage though. I'm not sure if it is a mistake or if Gage will be raised up to meet the trail at some point. Quite the trip hazard now, and a slip hazard in the winter, especially for those with any kind of vision impairment. It feels steeper than it looks in the photo: I also noticed that along the Gage to Glasgow sections that got re-done last year the there are many places edges are already starting to deteriorate which is why I was advocating for an edge restraint on the current project instead of just tamping to 45 degrees. Deterioration on this section and the Gage to Victoria section will be accelerated when they bring in big trucks to put in the lighting after the fact instead of doing it now before it was paved like they are doing for Queen to Victoria. |