ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[MacBerry]

Not sure if this is the correct thread, but the remnants from the corduroy road were made available to the public this morning beginning at 7AM. Each person was allowed one 2 foot segment. My wife and FIL were there at 5:45AM ahead of the 7AM open (god bless them), but were still 20th in line! 200 pieces in total were available.

Now to figure out how to preserve the wood and what to do with it...

One could always sous vide your two foot corduroy log fillet it and then place it in your freezer... or eat it with hot sauce  

[jamincan]

I didn't really see them askew in your photo, Canard; it was just that it showed me how they seem to be seating them at the University crossing and I just don't understand how they could have become askew in the first place.

[Section ThirtyOne]

Not sure if this is the correct thread, but the remnants from the corduroy road were made available to the public this morning beginning at 7AM. Each person was allowed one 2 foot segment. My wife and FIL were there at 5:45AM ahead of the 7AM open (god bless them), but were still 20th in line! 200 pieces in total were available.

Now to figure out how to preserve the wood and what to do with it...

One could always sous vide your two foot corduroy log fillet it and then place it in your freezer... or eat it with hot sauce  

Interestingly enough, CBC KW had a piece this morning on how to properly preserve a segment:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-...-1.3573370

I figured you would want to seal it, but it seems that cleaning the piece and then simply keeping it in a climate controlled environment should be enough to keep it from deteriorating further.

[Pheidippides]

I was told yesterday that ION will require Benton to be widened by a full car lane between King and Charles, meaning a significant bite will be taken out of Speakers Corner.  The sculpture in the plaza will need to be moved.  I had been hoping that this would be limited to the chunk that has already been taken in front of the Downtown Crepe Café, but apparently not.  

ION made me sad all day!

Looks more like a shaving of a few curbs and sidewalks to me, but I guess it depends what we define as a "significant bite":
http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo...df#page=12

http://www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo...df#page=13

[rangersfan]

Grandlinq has been given a working hours extension in Waterloo.

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/654630...g-lrt-line-

[Canard]

Yes, and I love CTV's dramatic headline from last night about this, before the ruling: GrandLinq wants to do LRT work whenever it wants in Waterloo

I swear, they must teach journalists how to come across like total jerks sometimes.

[SammyOES]

Lol, that's an amazing title.

Sometimes you can only sit back and enjoy the craziness.

Edit: I didn't watch it, but in my head I'm imagining the opening was a peacefully sleeping family: mother, father, baby in crib, and dog on floor. Then a bright light starts approaching the window until it blazes across the room with the light of the midday sun. The shadows of men, grabbing jackhammers appear on the wall. Evil laughter is heard through the loud bangs and crashes. Baby starts to cry, but you can't hear it over the construction sounds.

[Canard]

This needs to be a thing. Now.

[schooner77]

In defense of CTV, the request from GrandLinq was open ended to run from now until the summer of 2017.

[Viewfromthe42]

Did anyone ask what they could possibly need a 2017 exemption for? They are supposed to have all infrastructure needed to run test trains in place by end of year. Next year should only be tests, and non-running infrastructure (e.g. making the stations from the passenger side). Asking for that kind of exemption raises the question "Are you planning on having basic infrastructure construction go seven months over schedule?"

[Markster]

I imagine that they're going to be working on things through 2017. There's still going to be some track to lay, (i.e. Duke St) and there will be random odds and ends all over.

[Canard]

Testing this year is only on the Waterloo Spur, from Northfield to Erb/Caroline. The entire system won't be finished until early/mid 2017. Full system testing is in 2017 Q3.

[timc]

Did anyone ask what they could possibly need a 2017 exemption for? They are supposed to have all infrastructure needed to run test trains in place by end of year. Next year should only be tests, and non-running infrastructure (e.g. making the stations from the passenger side). Asking for that kind of exemption raises the question "Are you planning on having basic infrastructure construction go seven months over schedule?"

That's exactly the question that came to my mind! Why do they need to work through the night until next July?

[Pheidippides]

They probably just did not want to risk having to back through the process again particularly since they have experienced delays in getting permits before. Or Perhaps they did not expect to get the whole period of time and were using it as a negotiating tactic; ask for more than you need so you have room to negotiate down to what you actually need.

[kps]

Edit: I didn't watch it, but in my head I'm imagining the opening was a peacefully sleeping family: mother, father, baby in crib, and dog on floor.  Then a bright light starts approaching the window until it blazes across the room with the light of the midday sun.  The shadows of men, grabbing jackhammers appear on the wall.  Evil laughter is heard through the loud bangs and crashes.  Baby starts to cry, but you can't hear it over the construction sounds.

Grandlinq would never do something like that.

Grandlinq would just build an 8' fence around your house and then disappear for six months.