ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[panamaniac]

The new staircase in front of KCI is impressive, although I wish there were a bit less exposed concrete.  I wonder if the WLMK statue will be re-installed front and centre, or over on what's left of the grassy hill?

[schooner77]

Nice shot of the corduroy road. Walked by there yesterday and there 4 people excavating with shovels. I asked how they were coming along, and she said they were almost done, so perhaps this will be cleared up and they'll start back to work on this section.

[Spokes]

Thanks for all of the photo updates everyone!!

[GtwoK]

The amount of brick on the KCI stairs is disappointing. Was hoping the entire facade would be covered. Just looks unfinished right now.

[KevinL]

I hope the concrete gets some further treatment, it doesn't look that great as raw as it is.

Love seeing the full school name on the brick, has my Raider alumnus heart all aflutter.

[Markster]

Does anyone know why there are so many traffic lights between Green St. And Union St? They added a set at the Main Entrance to Grand River Hospital and ones at Mt.Hope St. (so now there are 5 sets of traffic lights between those streets) I thought traffic lights had to be spaced out more so there wouldn't be traffic jams, that's the excuse for the intersection of Victoria and Patricia not having lights anyways, IMO that intersection is way overdue for Traffic lights.

A design decision they made is that any intersection that allows traffic across the LRT right-of-way requires signals. Since that area has a lot of required access points (2 hospital entrances, local streets) it just means it adds up. Ideally, the LRT will have some amount of signal priority, which means that cars going alongside will get to ride the green wave along with it.

[tomh009]

The amount of brick on the KCI stairs is disappointing. Was hoping the entire facade would be covered. Just looks unfinished right now.

Actually I don't mind it the way it is now.  The brick section stands out, making it appear like a sign for the school (which it really is).  I think once the landscaping is in (and obscuring some of the concrete), the whole thing will look good.

[DHLawrence]

Is it just me or is one of the Os in Waterloo missing?

[Square]

Is it just me or is one of the Os in Waterloo missing?

Probably vandalized already.

[Pheidippides]

There is an "all-council" meeting this week and there is an update on ION on the agenda.

Perhaps when the minutes are posted it will have additional details as was the case in the last all council meeting in November.

Also, looks like the City of Waterloo staff are recommending burying hydro lines along Caroline from FDB to Allen (page 38).

[panamaniac]

There is an "all-council" meeting this week and there is an update on ION on the agenda.

Perhaps when the minutes are posted it will have additional details as was the case in the last all council meeting in November.

Also, looks like the City of Waterloo staff are recommending burying hydro lines along Caroline from FDB to Allen (page 38).

What, they wanted to wait until after the street had been torn up and rebuilt before undertaking the work????

[GtwoK]

According to that agenda, they still plan for it to be part of the Ion work, and not after its complete.

Too bad they aren't considering this for midtown. The GRH stretch of King is ridiculous looking with all the wires now, and they're not even all in place yet.

[Waterlooer]

Currently on Caroline the Hydro poles are located right in the middle of the new sidewalk, so hopefully they bury them.

[jordan2423]

Currently on Caroline the Hydro poles are located right in the middle of the new sidewalk, so hopefully they bury them.

why are hydro poled still a thing? it's 2016!

[Canard]

Yeah, I wish there was more of an impetus to get wires underground wherever possible. In my opinion, they're the worst blight on an urban landscape from an infrastructure standpoint.