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  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 934 831,712 9 hours ago
  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 3,137 2,247,041 9 hours ago
  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 239 36,954 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 239 36,954 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 1,234 956,290 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 1,234 956,290 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 170 112,489 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 20,881 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 4,339 3,260,781 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 88 39,166 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 3,137 2,247,041 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 609 332,970 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 2,310 2,045,939 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 7,601 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 4,339 3,260,781 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 1,234 956,290 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 1,234 956,290 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 7,601 04-22-2024, 09:06 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
They have less than a year remaining on that contract, and are trying to milk whatever they can from the workers before it concludes.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,179,909 04-21-2024, 10:16 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Would LRVs put less wear and tear on the heritage bridge than the current road traffic? If so, I say put the Ion on the old bridge and build a new road bridge next to it. Far less engineering needed t...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,339 3,260,781 04-17-2024, 03:18 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
Kitchener and Guelph service increases are, I understand, dependent on some track updates (various double-tracked sections, etc) that are not yet fully complete. Hopefully that gets activated by the s...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 1,998 1,179,909 04-15-2024, 04:34 PM
  Thread: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Post: RE: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
It has not yet been reconstructed, just went over it earlier today and it's still the same old one.
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 53 14,755 04-12-2024, 12:21 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...
Eclipses are an exception, as the sun doesn't look as bright as usual but the dangerous rays are still present. It's why it's safe to watch a sunset - there's far more atmosphere filtering out the bad...
   KevinL Urban Areas 148 32,060 04-11-2024, 02:16 PM
  Thread: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
Post: RE: Storm Water Management - Stream Naturalization
I lived in that neighbourhood as a kid, the spring floods would regularly cause the creek banks to shift and trails would often need rebuilding. Haven't been by in a while, but I'm not surprised this ...
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 53 14,755 04-11-2024, 12:42 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
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/p/bring-back-late-night-transit
   KevinL Transportation and Infrastructure 4,339 3,260,781 04-10-2024, 02:30 PM
  Thread: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) | 32, 27, 1...
Fence posts have been placed around the perimeter of the lot, should be fully fenced by next week.
   KevinL Urban Areas 148 32,060 04-06-2024, 03:07 PM

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