ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Canard]

Yeah, this might be weird - it'll go from ballasted on the hydrocut, to embedded in the crossing, back to ballasted for the crossover...and then potentially back to embedded in the station platform area. That's weird!

[tomh009]

Be careful with the weatherstripping thing - it's actually illegal and the Fire Marshal can fine you.

Hmmm.  A web search found some similar statements but I couldn't actually find anything like that in the fire code.

[Canard]

IIRC we were sent notices (or maybe it was brought up every year at the condo meetings), but it was expressly prohibited as a huge safety hazard in the event of a fire, and that the Marshal could come in at any time and fine people if they caught them with anything sealing the doors. I was so torn about what to do because the gap under our door was huge (like 1 cm) and the noise was unbearable. In the end, we moved out.

At any rate, hugely off topic - but I am curious what sorts of discussions are happening internally at the building these days!

Big-time discussions on facebook about what some people seem to think is parking on Caroline, between Allen and William, on the West (track) side of the road... just putting it out there: it's not! I don't know why anyone would think it was.

[Canard]

GrandLinq, GRT, bus driver named in $2-million lawsuit

[KevinL]

GrandLinq, GRT, bus driver named in $2-million lawsuit

The alleged incident happened in May? And this did not catch the attention of our fine local media at the time? Hmm, legitimacy is somewhat in question here.

[danbrotherston]

Its a little weird accusing the driver of being tired or drunk or otherwise inebriated and texting?

Maybe that's a standard lawsuit I don't know.

[Markster]

Big-time discussions on facebook about what some people seem to think is parking on Caroline, between Allen and William, on the West (track) side of the road... just putting it out there:  it's not!  I don't know why anyone would think it was.

But that doesn't answer the question of why they didn't build it as per the project agreement.

[ert86]

Its a little weird accusing the driver of being tired or drunk or otherwise inebriated and texting?

Maybe that's a standard lawsuit I don't know.

And unless GRT saved the footage it's gone, as they only store 72 hours.  My guess is that they did probably save it, but I doubt we'll see it anytime soon if ever.


@KevinL

Wilson Ave.

Mon - Rebar, tracks and track aligners
Wed - Plywood forms
Wed/Thurs - Concrete pour
Friday - Forms removed, piles of dirt dropped off

[curiouschair]

Its a little weird accusing the driver of being tired or drunk or otherwise inebriated and texting?

Maybe that's a standard lawsuit I don't know.

I'm pretty sure that's standard lawsuit stuff to accuse of everything possible. At least it was in my one experience where someone sued me.

[Canard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More photos of the first <a href="https://twitter.com/BombardierRail">@BombardierRail</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FLEXITY?src=hash">#FLEXITY</a> Freedom Pilot LRV for <a href="https://twitter.com/Metrolinx">@Metrolinx</a>! Cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisjamesdrew">@chrisjamesdrew</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://t.co/4AzQtrhgdt">pic.twitter.com/4AzQtrhgdt</a></p>&mdash; iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/772092059255709696">September 3, 2016</a></blockquote>

[JoeKW]

Wow, it's really happening, isn't it?

[KevinL]

Another great drone video from the official Instagram, this time showing off Northfield Station and the OMSF.

[Canard]

Thanks! I wonder why they always publish these things so late, though. That footage is at least 6 weeks old.

[Coke6pk]

The folks who live next to Canada's Wonderland kicked up a huge stink when they built Behemoth (and later, Leviathan) at the perimeter of the park.  Yet they chose that location to live when they moved in!

I hadn't heard of the Canada's Wonderland situation. That's kind of funny.

CW's neighbours are the reasons that Kingswood went from a prominent outdoor concert venue to a storage facility for the park.

Coke

[Markster]

Thanks! I wonder why they always publish these things so late, though. That footage is at least 6 weeks old.

It takes a while to get footage through the pipeline.