12-21-2016, 07:19 AM
Kevin, are you part of the Facebook group? Shel lives right at the corner there and has some great shots of the tent at Mill/Ottawa.
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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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12-21-2016, 08:00 AM
(12-20-2016, 05:34 PM)drum118 Wrote: The first car is to show up in Feb or March, but until the testing is done on it, hard to say when the others will roll in, other late this year. It will be over a 3-4 month time frame when they start rolling. They could include it in an OMSF tour, or they could park it in the station at Waterloo Town Square. I think that would be cool because it would be almost exactly where the mockup parked when it was in Waterloo. I remember being there the morning it left and as the truck pulled it out into King St. they stopped traffic for a couple of minutes. I joked to the Regional staffer that “LRT is snarling traffic already”. I’m pretty sure they understood I was joking… 
12-21-2016, 08:48 AM
As per staff at the OMSF Open House, whatever trains are here by the time they do the next Open House (sometime in 2017), will be on display.
I wish they'd somehow be able to have a "test ride weekend" with boarding at one of the stops along the spur, but probably can't do that for red tape reasons. Vancouver did this with SkyTrain. 
12-21-2016, 09:22 AM
Vancouver also had Expo 86 as a strong incentive to open up the test track for exhibition purposes!
Okay, so we just need to have Work Expo 2017 come to Waterloo Region!
The whole line was open for Expo. A short section opened earlier so the public could preview what transport of the future was like.
Traffic lights at Borden/Charles are now active! The Harsco MK IV Tamper is out tamping the line this morning along the Fairway Road Hydro Corridor. 
12-21-2016, 11:26 AM
12-21-2016, 01:26 PM
Actually had the chance for the first time in months to get out along King last night. Drove through Uptown, from Erb to Louisa. I'm quite impressed with the LED / center-mounted lighting around the Uptown / Allen area! Looks reeeallly really good, I can actually picture this area as "the big city", with taller buildings going in around it. It's a shame the same lighting couldn't be continued down through midtown / the KCI area. Would be really nice to see and would definitely help clean up the hospital area a bunch.
12-21-2016, 02:28 PM
Couple quick Downtown updates:
-The short retaining wall along Charles near Ontario (by the parking lot) is getting its permanent railing put in. -Fences are down at the Duke/Frederick intersection. It's not open to traffic, but pedestrains can pass.
12-21-2016, 05:18 PM
The link below is to Aecon's One Magazine which highlights their project work over the past year. RoW ION Stage 1 is on PDF pages 15-18 (Physical book 24-31)
http://www.aecon.com/ModuleFile/ONE+Maga...df?id=4844
12-21-2016, 05:45 PM
(12-21-2016, 05:18 PM)boatracer Wrote: The link below is to Aecon's One Magazine which highlights their project work over the past year. RoW ION Stage 1 is on PDF pages 15-18 (Physical book 24-31) Wonderful find - thanks for sharing!
12-21-2016, 06:04 PM
(12-21-2016, 05:45 PM)Canard Wrote:(12-21-2016, 05:18 PM)boatracer Wrote: The link below is to Aecon's One Magazine which highlights their project work over the past year. RoW ION Stage 1 is on PDF pages 15-18 (Physical book 24-31) One of the more interesting stats I saw was 0 Lost Time Injuries as of November 2016 with a peak number of onsite employees of 800.
12-21-2016, 07:16 PM
Allen anchor wall:
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
12-21-2016, 10:16 PM
(12-21-2016, 01:26 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Actually had the chance for the first time in months to get out along King last night. Drove through Uptown, from Erb to Louisa. I'm quite impressed with the LED / center-mounted lighting around the Uptown / Allen area! Looks reeeallly really good, I can actually picture this area as "the big city", with taller buildings going in around it. It's a shame the same lighting couldn't be continued down through midtown / the KCI area. Would be really nice to see and would definitely help clean up the hospital area a bunch. I think it is! <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ooh! The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> lights are on in front of <a href="https://twitter.com/CTVKitchener">@CTVKitchener</a>. Looks sweet. <a href="https://t.co/dHUACqeLpV">pic.twitter.com/dHUACqeLpV</a></p>— Dan Lauckner (@vidman) <a href="https://twitter.com/vidman/status/811726325891350528">December 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
12-22-2016, 12:01 PM
Looks like we can expect road reopenings today.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking forward to Frederick King Benton Duke, Hayward reopening: Courtland 4 lanes, Ottawa (except at Mill) 2 way all by days end <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a></p>— Tom Galloway (@tomjgalloway14) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/status/811923259411365888">December 22, 2016</a></blockquote> |
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