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  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
CuilTard Wrote: (Yesterday, 07:16 AM) -- Square Wrote: (Yesterday, 04:04 AM) -- Can U-haul park any closer? Lol  Good luck placing any panels on that side. -- Ha. Yup was wondering about that too....
   KevinL Urban Areas 603 140,785 Yesterday, 09:12 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
That's a huge PDF, my laptop struggled with it a bit. Interesting to see how bus stops will shift with the changes at both the F-H and Westmount intersections. Also some property takings and other ...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 3,157 2,257,793 05-24-2024, 12:21 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
ZEBuilder Wrote: (05-20-2024, 02:31 PM) -- The highway closure is planned for this coming weekend. The closures will start to take effect Friday night when shoulder and outside lanes start to close t...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 94 40,041 05-24-2024, 12:05 PM
  Thread: Filming in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Filming in Waterloo Region
The Richard Gere film 'Longing' was filmed in the Region; the trailer is out, see how many local places you can spot: https://youtu.be/usyRghYoYYs
   KevinL Arts and Culture 27 14,684 05-22-2024, 06:50 PM
  Thread: Block 599 (599 Strasburg Rd) | 8 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Block 599 (599 Strasburg Rd) | 8 fl | U/C
Topped out, and most windows are in. https://i.imgur.com/PN6jmJF.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/EloQ1GR.jpeg
   KevinL Suburbs 38 11,037 05-19-2024, 06:08 PM
  Thread: General Waterloo Region Heritage
Post: RE: General Waterloo Region Heritage
It's 50 years to the day since what was likely the most damaging disaster in the Region's history, the Cambridge floods. The Region has put up a page with a recap: https://aroundtheregion.ca/rememberi...
   KevinL Waterloo Region Heritage 42 43,439 05-17-2024, 02:53 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
SF22 Wrote: (05-15-2024, 01:13 PM) -- Do we know how many new trainsets are currently on order for GO? If they're going to be running 15-min, all-day-two-way service on most lines, they must need mor...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 2,012 1,187,710 05-16-2024, 04:10 PM
  Thread: 200 Northfield Dr | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 200 Northfield Dr | 40 fl | Proposed
Yeah, the existing retail would remain but the two single-story office buildings would go.
   KevinL Urban Areas 6 537 05-16-2024, 12:11 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
I still think a full expressway is overkill; upgrading Shirley/Bingeman Centre to be the arterial, and merging it into Victoria just before the river, could serve fine and require no new ramps at the ...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 966 836,276 05-14-2024, 08:33 PM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
We could well get Eglinton-style grass tracks here once the LRT is built, because that would be kept short by the trains themselves. Doing so now, however, would require active maintenance, which I im...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 3,157 2,257,793 05-14-2024, 08:29 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
ac3r Wrote: (05-12-2024, 12:45 PM) -- And if it's such a big issue, go to the closer hospitals  -- That's the thing, all the existing ERs in K-W will be closing, this will be the only hospital with...
   KevinL Urban Issues 241 37,874 05-12-2024, 08:25 PM
  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW
I really don't like how this is all in secret. Looks like we won't know the final location until it's a done deal, and who knows what stupid location we might get stuck with?
   KevinL Urban Issues 241 37,874 05-10-2024, 12:21 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
I imagine the staging here would be to build to the east of Parkside first, then move the office tenants over, then demolish those and build the west part. Should be quite reasonable demand here give...
   KevinL Suburbs 1,236 961,946 05-10-2024, 12:13 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Looking at the exterior I'm surprised there are only 8 units currently. Nearly doubling that would give a snug result, but it could still be doable.
   KevinL Suburbs 1,236 961,946 05-09-2024, 09:15 AM
  Thread: The Aud
Post: RE: The Aud
A better parking/transit situation could also be useful for reactivating the old Centennial Stadium space for, say, a pro soccer team.
   KevinL Sports and Recreation 170 113,985 05-08-2024, 03:39 PM
  Thread: Taxation and the middle class
Post: RE: Taxation and the middle class
It seems you would say that taxation is a burden. If so, having everyone pay the same amount in tax is an unfair burden on those who make less, because a larger portion of their available income is ta...
   KevinL Politics 111 21,674 05-04-2024, 10:01 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Proposed changes to north Cambridge routes that connect from Sportsworld; 72 would be renumbered 62 and run with full-size buses, and a new BusPLUS 78 would operate along Fountain to the airport. http...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,340 3,277,655 05-01-2024, 02:54 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
It's just the framework, the fencing or mesh that encloses it may have a better aesthetic.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 94 40,041 05-01-2024, 11:47 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion
Strasburg got some basic traffic calming installed very recently https://i.imgur.com/Budp5Wr.png
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 3,157 2,257,793 05-01-2024, 11:44 AM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
panamaniac Wrote: (04-29-2024, 06:10 PM) -- Square Wrote: (04-29-2024, 05:05 PM) -- According to Page 51 of my link, Building A should start this year. https://app2.kitchener.ca/AppDocs/OpenData/AM...
   KevinL Urban Areas 612 336,180 04-30-2024, 12:40 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day for the Rich Uncle Tavern. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OmTw8OInY/?hl=en
   KevinL Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,317 2,056,588 04-26-2024, 05:49 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Was this all a tempest in a teacup? Wilmot Township deemed not suitable for EV battery plant (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wilmot-township-deemed-not-suitable-for-ev-battery-plant...
   KevinL Politics 196 8,124 04-25-2024, 04:53 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
KevinL Wrote: (04-10-2024, 02:30 PM) -- UW's NDP group wants night service to return; it was removed during the pandemic and still hasn't come back. They've created a petition. https://www.change.org...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,340 3,277,655 04-25-2024, 03:11 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Vacant Kitchener lot to become affordable housing after city donates land to Habitat for Humanity (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-donates-land-habitat-for-humanity-afforda...
   KevinL Suburbs 1,236 961,946 04-25-2024, 03:08 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Of note, the school is a private christian operation, not affiliated with any school board.
   KevinL Suburbs 1,236 961,946 04-23-2024, 07:15 PM
  Thread: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Post: RE: Farmland conversion and landfill sites
Even the most ardent pro-labour party won't always take 'new jobs at any cost'. And this isn't necessarily a pro-farmer position (though becomes so by association), but a pro-environment and pro-trans...
   KevinL Politics 196 8,124 04-22-2024, 09:06 AM

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