ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

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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?

Plans were changed. The published project agreement shows Pine St. and the emergency entrance blocked. But since then, the station was shifted north so that its south end was at the King/Pine intersection. This was done in part to allow the hospital to keep its current setup, and it means that Pine St. will be a full-access intersection instead of RI/RO. You can see this shift in the stop concept rendering below.