02-02-2015, 10:55 PM
Quote:Road, highway improvements piling up in Preston
http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story/...n-preston/
CAMBRIDGE – Regional council approved a design concept last week for more than $12.5 million worth of road improvements on King Street, from Bishop Street to Eagle Street, in 2017.
Improvements include new curbs and on-road cycling lanes, designated left turn lanes on King Street at Montrose Street, the replacement of sidewalks and transit landing pads and new concrete pads for future transit shelters, enhanced landscaping and streetscaping, as well as the replacement of underground infrastructure.
The city will be on the hook for about a third of the cost...
...“Next year, the region has a separate project for improvements to King Street, Fountain Street and Shantz Hill – that whole area,” Weiler said.
“That was previously approved by council and they’re going through the design and property acquisition for that right now.
“So that’s a one- to two-year project, and in addition we have on our program for 2017 replacement of the Fountain Street bridge across the (Grand) river, between Blair and Preston Parkway, along with other road work on Fountain Street …
“We’ve also got in 2016, as part of that whole Shantz Hill/Fountain work, the reconstruction of Fountain Street up to the 401 up the hill,” Weiler added...
...Later this year, the region plans to make improvements to Bishop Street, from Conestoga Boulevard to Concession Road. Replacement of the Fountain Street bridge also gets underway this spring with the ministry of transportation’s widening of Highway 401.
I'm not sure what would be better: redoing the Shantz Hill/Fountain area while the bridge is being replaced or waiting. The former can be done without through traffic from Toyota coming down that hill, but much of that traffic will probably be taking Speedsville or Maple Grove to King and Shantz Hill anyway.