09-18-2015, 09:25 PM
(09-18-2015, 09:09 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Also, I am wondering if the King underpass will be able to meet the 18 month closure window. I think it closed March 23, 2015 which means they expected it to reopen in September of 2016, but they haven't even started yet. The Weber underpass was 18 months of steady work (June 2013 to Dec 2014) and still has incomplete elements nearly a year later, and the King job seems much bigger and more complicated, although the need to keep it open like they did for Weber is not present which should speed things a bit.
You've got the dates mixed up — the road is scheduled to be closed until December of next year, which is 3 extra months than the September that you were thinking
Walked down King from Green - Union tonight to check out the road. Looking very spiffy! Especially the retaining walls in front of the church / KCI, will look great when they are finished. Only thing I'm questioning is the King St entrance to the hospital; the plans indicate it's supposed to be closed (and it would make sense, considering that's where the station will be), but the new curbs they've installed leave an opening for vehicle access. 2 of them, actually! A 2 lane entrance, and a 1 lane entrance about 10 meters North of it (though this one has no vehicle/pavement ramp leading up to it on the hospital side, like the 2 lane one does — possibly a pedestrian crossing to get to the station in the median of the road.)
Were plans changed, or will they be demolishing the curbs here to RE-repave them without the entrance?
And aside: It seems like the reason only the southbound side was paved was probably because of the underground installation of the hydro — the northbound side will likely be paved following the completion of that.