General Infrastructure projects

[jammer139]

They City is working on a $7M plus infrastructure project to tunnel under Wharncliffe Rd just south of Riverside Dr to increase trunk sewer capacity.



A micro tunneling machine is being used to reduce disruption on Wharncliffe Rd.



https://london.ctvnews.ca/micro-tunn...ment-1.6895191

[jammer139]

Interesting move to shutdown one of their steam lines that supplies heating to 17 buildings downtown.


“After rigorous investigations, LDE has determined that, despite regular maintenance of the system equipment, portions of the steam system will become increasingly unreliable,” said Jason Brimble, an executive vice-president.


It wasn't that long ago they made a big investment in expanding their plant at Bathurst and Colborne streets.




https://lfpress.com/business/local-b...tem-shuts-down

[jammer139]

City is planning to do rehabilitation of the Byron bridge to extend its life until such time as a replacement bridge is built.


Byron Bridge was originally constructed in 1965 and is located on Boler Road over the
Thames River (Figure 1). The structure is a five span precast concrete girder bridge and
supports an average daily traffic volume of 21,000 vehicles per day and a significant
number of pedestrians and cyclists. The structure has a sidewalk on the west side and
supports a watermain and a sanitary sewer



https://pub-london.escribemeetings.c...umentId=109046

[jammer139]

Replacement water reservoir is twice the size of previous one in Byron. Now under construction at cost of $48M.



https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...ruction-london

[jammer139]

Of note apparently staff say a sewer capacity project for the Forks of the Thames will be built in 2025 that will support an additional 17,000 units in the core during PEC today.

"Downtown councillor David Ferreira, who isn’t a member of the committee, also pointed to a sewage collection line that’s due to be built in 2025 under the fork of the Thames, which staff say will add 17,000 housing units of capacity."

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...w-london-homes

[CanadianTalk]

The premier was in London today, along with the Infrastructure Minister, to announce funding for the city’s downtown sewer expansion, which will replace 175 metres of sewer under the Thames River and allow for additional capacity of 17,500 homes.

"Ontario’s top politician unveiled the funding [of $24 million] as one of the first projects under the newly unveiled Housing-Enabling-Water Systems program, which has a total of $970 million in its coffers amid a Queen’s Park push to speed up home construction provincewide."

LFP article: https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...erve-new-homes

CTV article: https://london.ctvnews.ca/provincial...ndon-1.7014284

CBC article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/londo...owth-1.7305008

[jammer139]

"the city's director of wastewater, was at Monday's funding announcement and said while the pipe was already due for replacement, the plan now is to also enhance the capacity by installing multiple connections under the river. "

Did I read this right? How was the previous plan to replace it not about enhancing the capacity?

This is 100 year infrastructure and when you replace it you do so with a vision for the volumes and capacities your modeling expects will be needed 100 years into the future NOT the past or present.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/londo...owth-1.7305008

[GreatTallNorth2]

Should anything surprise us about the city of London anymore? The fact that Josh has championed building tens of thousands of new residences in the city and we don't have the infrastructure to build the houses when big downtown proposals come up baffles me. Hey developer, please build downtown highrises! And when they say "yes" we reply "no, not for at least a year as we are not ready". How can a city this big be so dumb??

[jammer139]

Large concrete storm sewer pipe segments being staged along Riverside Dr just west of the Forks in preparation for the storm sewer replacement project the city recently got some federal funding for.