Regina Construction IV

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Downtown Regina construction to take four years, starts next month

“The work will happen between May and October every year starting this summer and through 2026. The first stretch will be from Broad Street to just west of Hamilton Street.“

https://www.cjme.com/2023/04/13/down...ts-next-month/

The work on Broad Street is separate from that project. They're doing some pipe relining thing on Broad. Downtown is going to be an effing mess for years. You think people didn't come downtown before? Well...

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by pappcam

The work on Broad Street is separate from that project. They're doing some pipe relining thing on Broad. Downtown is going to be an effing mess for years. You think people didn't come downtown before? Well...

I will say however, this work has to happen at some point in time. Downtown Toronto Queen street will be a mess for 4 years and it’s a main thoroughfare that will cause major traffic headaches compared to what Regina will probably see.

Yes annoying but I am happy the city is finally doing these projects (even tho they will be a headache).

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

I will say however, this work has to happen at some point in time. Downtown Toronto Queen street will be a mess for 4 years and it’s a main thoroughfare that will cause major traffic headaches compared to what Regina will probably see.

Yes annoying but I am happy the city is finally doing these projects (even tho they will be a headache).

We need to stop comparing our downtown to big cities. Our downtown is a flat and featureless grid of streets that is uninviting for half the year and barely inviting for the other 6 months. It has absolutely nothing to attract people. It has a park full of meth heads and people with serious mental health issues. A few tree wells on 11th Avenue will solve absolutely nothing. Yeah I understand this needs to be done but it's not going to turn our downtown around any time soon. The problems are numerous and I have zero answers and the people in charge don't seem to have much more than that.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by pappcam

We need to stop comparing our downtown to big cities. Our downtown is a flat and featureless grid of streets that is uninviting for half the year and barely inviting for the other 6 months. It has absolutely nothing to attract people. It has a park full of meth heads and people with serious mental health issues. A few tree wells on 11th Avenue will solve absolutely nothing. Yeah I understand this needs to be done but it's not going to turn our downtown around any time soon. The problems are numerous and I have zero answers and the people in charge don't seem to have much more than that.

Nothing about my post said it’s going to solve anything.

However, this work still needs to be done, and beautification is integral to tourism, civic pride and keeping any space to a better quality. Victoria Avenue is 100% an improvement to the former version. 11th Avenue is currently in worse condition than what Victoria Avenue was.

And my comparison to Toronto was to show that all cities have construction headaches - yet construction projects still have to happen.

[Newstart]

Originally Posted by pappcam

We need to stop comparing our downtown to big cities. Our downtown is a flat and featureless grid of streets that is uninviting for half the year and barely inviting for the other 6 months. It has absolutely nothing to attract people. It has a park full of meth heads and people with serious mental health issues. A few tree wells on 11th Avenue will solve absolutely nothing. Yeah I understand this needs to be done but it's not going to turn our downtown around any time soon. The problems are numerous and I have zero answers and the people in charge don't seem to have much more than that.

Sorry...I live Downtown. I frequent numerous places from Broad to Albert at all hours of the day at all times of the year. That is not an accurate description of Victoria Park.

Also, what? do we just let it fall into further decay or do we make efforts to start improving the downtown core and investing money in the heart of the City. I think thats what One Brick was implying. Lets invest. Investment brings improvement. Decay brings more problems. Urban Revitalization has been achieved in big and large cities all over North America.

Calgary is a great example with the -redevelopment of East Village, Kensington, and Inglewood etc. Same goes for sections of Saskatoon, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver, etc etc etc etc. If we can't compare Regina to other cities, what are we going to compare it too? Is Regina such an unique unicorn in all of North America that we should just keep bastardizing the downtown core and sprawling to oblivion?

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by Newstart

Sorry...I live Downtown. I frequent numerous places from Broad to Albert at all hours of the day at all times of the year. That is not an accurate description of Victoria Park.

Also, what? do we just let it fall into further decay or do we make efforts to start improving the downtown core and investing money in the heart of the City. I think thats what One Brick was implying. Lets invest. Investment brings improvement. Decay brings more problems. Urban Revitalization has been achieved in big and large cities all over North America.

Calgary is a great example with the -redevelopment of East Village, Kensington, and Inglewood etc. Same goes for sections of Saskatoon, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver, etc etc etc etc. If we can't compare Regina to other cities, what are we going to compare it too? Is Regina such an unique unicorn in all of North America that we should just keep bastardizing the downtown core and sprawling to oblivion?

My point is that our downtown is a featureless square grid of streets with no defining area like a river or large park. Downtown should have been a few blocks south but of course the railways ruled in those days and we felt it needed to be next to the tracks.

I hate to get down on my hometown but our downtown is way behind the 8 ball right off the hop when it comes to beautifying it.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by pappcam

My point is that our downtown is a featureless square grid of streets with no defining area like a river or large park. Downtown should have been a few blocks south but of course the railways ruled in those days and we felt it needed to be next to the tracks.

I hate to get down on my hometown but our downtown is way behind the 8 ball right off the hop when it comes to beautifying it.

I actually think being where it is, downtown gives a chance to develop more residential closer to Wascana park. Although I believe there is an incredibly counter-intuitive height restriction on the north side of College Avenue.

It would be nice if the city made the railyard area into park and event space, build a couple of road connections on the West-ish side. I would love Hamilton and Lorne to cross over into the area to really help connectivity, but the Casino effectively acts as a wall to the area.

Then build another downtown park, this time with space that is actually suited to hosting events like the folk festival and bring back Victoria Park as the place for workers to relax at noon. Right now, the park gets vast sections of it blocked off multiple times a year so that pedestrian navigation as well as casual usage is blocked many times.

[gecho111]

Saw a news story that the highway 6 bridge project started. Video showed demolition in progress. I'm not certain if this a 2 year project. They talk about bridge in the singular when there are 2 there, and I don't see them getting 2 done sequentially in a single season.

[Stormer]

After many years we could have had mature trees on the 18 block Hamilton after construction of Tower 3, the FCC Tower and the Shoppes on Hamilton. Instead we have this. They are all dead. I attribute this to heavy use of sidewalk deicer and 5+ years of drought with no effort to water the trees after the first year.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

[Festivus]

Sounds like Regina Catholic Schools is buying the Sasktel building near the airport, and is selling/demolishing their existing HQ in Cathedral. It was previously announced that Holy Rosary School (which is attached to the HQ) needs to be torn down due to structural issues, so I'm assuming that entire piece of land will be redeveloped/sold. I hope they keep much of the field/park on the 1/4 of the land, but it would also be a great place (existing HQ+school) for a huge residential build (though I imagine that will be opposed).

New site:



Existing site:

[LuluBobo]

Losing the park would be a huge shame. With the YWCA being built, the Holy Rosary park is the last park between College/Albert/Sask/Elphinstone.

The Catholic board has asked the province to rebuild the school, though I doubt the province follows through. But until a decision is made it will be vacant.

The office would be a great mixed use building. Maybe something for our saviour ArwellLiving to tackle?

[gecho111]

This article indicated the Separate School Division put in a request for funding for a Holy Rosary rebuild. So they may hold onto the land for a while just in case. Many schools are co-located with parks, but the parks are usually owned by the city.

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...area-divisions

[one_brick_at_a_time]

- Council gives green light for six-storey rental building near General Hospital

- As well, council voted in favour of providing cash to the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District to “enhance” Pat Fiacco Plaza for year-round use and also to replace holiday decorations in 2023 and 2024.

- The proposed interim use for the Yards site, which includes providing $100,000 to the Warehouse Business Improvement District, also passed.

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...neral-hospital

[gecho111]

It looks like the Pinkie Road bridge girders will be installed next week. There were electric signs at Sherwood and Dewdney indicating the road is closed (but it wasn't yet). There were 2 trailers with plastic wrapped girder looking objects parked off the bypass on the abandoned section of Pinkie south of Hill Ave.

Update: I swung by there this afternoon and they were at the initial stages of setting up for the lift. The crane was still folded, and a few trailers of counterweights and load spreaders were nearby. One of the trailers with two girders had been moved south of Sherwood.

[Draftsman]

Thanks for keeping us informed gecho111

[gecho111]

The Highway 6 bridge over the Ring Road is not just a deck replacement, they completely removed the old bridge including the abutment and pier support columns.

[gecho111]

New Pinkie bridge will be much taller, shouldn't be much of a dip in the road at the creek.

[gecho111]

Girders all up. They were work on the cross members until around 6 pm this evening. Still some left to do.




Trees across from the rail car plant cut down. I think SaskPower has to move a bunch of poles before road construction starts. I haven't see a tender put out for construction yet so I don't think the road is getting paved this year. While doing a "pinkie" keyword search I came across two awarded engineering study tenders from 2015, one for extending Courtney and/or paving Pinkie, and the other extending Sask Drive to Pinkie. So the city has done some investigation into those other two potential projects.