ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Pheidippides]

 2/2 post cntrc. and LRV testing, some fencing may be decor, city and Regdiscuss optns.

Why would they install one type of fence only to potentially rip it out and install another type of fence?

[isUsername]

 2/2 post cntrc. and LRV testing, some fencing may be decor, city and Regdiscuss optns.

Why would they install one type of fence only to potentially rip it out and install another type of fence?

"some", "may".

If there is to be a second fence, I'm guessing Grandlinq has no intention of paying for it.

[Canard]

Exactly; I think this is a lot like buying a house, finding out the builder is only giving you a basic kitchen countertop and fixtures. You say "but I want a granite countertop!" And they say "ok, but we'll back charge you and delay closing by 3 months." And you say "oh. Never mind, I'll do it myself."

I just hope we don't "move in" and decide the crappy countertop and fixtures are actually ok and never bother with the granite.

[panamaniac]

It was an old arena in fact.

http://www.theaud.ca/en/aboutus/history.asp.

Yes.  I remember my mother mentioning that she used to go skating there as a teenager.

[kps]

So, for the fun of it, a list of intersections / streets where work is still to begin:

Victoria: King to Charles
King: Victoria to Francis
Frederick: Duke to Charles
Ottawa: Courtland to Mill
Erb/Caroline (I know work has started, but it was paved over for the winter.)

Did I miss anything?

Duke, Victoria to Breithaupt. They're currently installing a switch just to the east, which looks like it's intended to divert the rail line a bit (further) north while they re-grade for the overpass approach.

[Canard]

Ottawa, Caroline to Mill is well under way now, is it not? Was by on the weekend and could see from Courtland/Borden that it's closed and traffic is detoured onto Borden as a result.

[Canard]

Lots of traction now on Twitter about the fence. Let's keep up the good work and get change effected here!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrandLinq?src=hash">#GrandLinq</a> re: Chain-link fence through W.loo Park, Univ. of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://t.co/K3ZKPI2iVV">pic.twitter.com/K3ZKPI2iVV</a></p>&mdash; Iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/723098292943499264">April 21, 2016</a></blockquote>

[timc]

I saw the crew hanging the contact wire (am I saying this right?) in the vicinity of Columbia Street today.

[Canard]

Contact wire - yes! The upper wire is called a messenger wire, and sags (hence the term catenary - a catenary curve is the shape a rope hangs in between two points due to gravity). The contact wire is the lower one, which the pantograph on the train comes in contact with, and is more-or-less horizontal.

[panamaniac]

Ottawa, Caroline to Mill is well under way now, is it not? Was by on the weekend and could see from Courtland/Borden that it's closed and traffic is detoured onto Borden as a result.

Charles to Mill.  Yes, work is going on.

[KevinL]

Ottawa, Charles to Courtland is under heavy work. Courtland to Mill, though, has been barely touched (some utility work at the verges, but no serious work on the roadway itself).

[panamaniac]

Ottawa, Charles to Courtland is under heavy work. Courtland to Mill, though, has been barely touched (some utility work at the verges, but no serious work on the roadway itself).

I assume that's to give the traffic a reasonable detour, at least for now.  Once the Courtland-Mill section closes, it seems to me that you're going to have to get over to Stirling via Mill, which is pretty roundabout if you're headed toward Stanley Park or the Aud or something.  When I think about it, getting off Ottawa at Homer Watson and going down to Stirling might be an easier option for a good portion of the traffic.

[chutten]

This morning they were ripping up the North CN track just east of Duke. They have an interesting rail-bound truck for pulling ties out of the ballast. Pretty mesmerizing to watch, actually.

   

[clasher]

Ottawa, Charles to Courtland is under heavy work. Courtland to Mill, though, has been barely touched (some utility work at the verges, but no serious work on the roadway itself).

I assume that's to give the traffic a reasonable detour, at least for now.  Once the Courtland-Mill section closes, it seems to me that you're going to have to get over to Stirling via Mill, which is pretty roundabout if you're headed toward Stanley Park or the Aud or something.  When I think about it, getting off Ottawa at Homer Watson and going down to Stirling might be an easier option for a good portion of the traffic.

One can take Mill down to Sydney to get back to Ottawa Street or if one is going to the Aud or Stanley Park it makes sense to hop on the expressway given the speed humps on Sydney.

[panamaniac]

I assume that's to give the traffic a reasonable detour, at least for now.  Once the Courtland-Mill section closes, it seems to me that you're going to have to get over to Stirling via Mill, which is pretty roundabout if you're headed toward Stanley Park or the Aud or something.  When I think about it, getting off Ottawa at Homer Watson and going down to Stirling might be an easier option for a good portion of the traffic.

One can take Mill down to Sydney to get back to Ottawa Street or if one is going to the Aud or Stanley Park it makes sense to hop on the expressway given the speed humps on Sydney.

True, but that Courtland/Sydney intersection is hazardous enough with light traffic - I'd hate to see it with heavy detours.