Woodstock Developments and News

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

Groundbreaking for the new elementary school in north Woodstock. I have a co-worker who lives in this neighbourhood and their kids get buses to Tavistock, over 20km away. Sad note for the kids will be fewer snow days when buses get cancelled lol.

https://www.heartfm.ca/news/local-ne...dstock-school/

Not wasting any time with this project, as a good piece of the foundation is already in.

[jammer139]

Woodstock and Norwich Township talk boundary changes.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...n-pushing-back

[jammer139]

Progress made in negotiations on Woodstock and Norwich Township land deal.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...h-as-it-wanted

[Djeffery]

Looks like work has stopped on the VW dealership at Dundas and County Rd 4. Haven't seen any progress here for several weeks.

[jammer139]

Looks like Woodstock council approves zoning for a 8s residential building on empty lot.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...wn-lot-renewal

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

Looks like work has stopped on the VW dealership at Dundas and County Rd 4. Haven't seen any progress here for several weeks.

And just like that, they are back working. Must have seen my post lol.

[Djeffery]

Attended a public open house last night about the upcoming major rebuild of Devonshire Ave. It will be a several year process as they go in phases from Vansittart Ave (highway 59) and move east. The first phase next year will first see 59 rebuilt south of the Thames bridge that is currently being refurbished, with a new right turn lane onto Devonshire added on the NB side and a longer left turn lane on the SB side and new sidewalks. Once that part is done in early spring, Devonshire will close to just east of Wellington. All new sewers and gas lines being run, and the road will have a lane in each direction with a dedicated centre turning lane, as well as bike lanes on both sides and new sidewalks. That is planned to take until the end of the year.

2026 will see Wellington to Huron done, and the following years will see phases that move to just east of Lansdowne. The county staff on site didn't know exactly where the project would end as that is a few years down the road or how many years this will ultimately take, as that's up to county council to decide. Given the distances in these first 2 phases, I would guess at 5 years to Lansdowne, assuming it goes that far. Devonshire east of Springbank looks in great condition to me, already has bike lanes, a continuous centre turning lane and sidewalks and the area is much newer than the areas mentioned above so maybe the sewers are fine in that stretch. Probably would still take 4 years to get to Springbank though.