Winnipeg Construction

[Mininari]

Its still good news. RBC is probably paying a decent amount to the naming rights, which will bolster the financing plan for the entire project.

[calder]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

RBC gets naming rights for Convention Centre

I'm just relieved we dodged the "Canadian Tire Centre" bullet.

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by calder

I'm just relieved we dodged the "Canadian Tire Centre" bullet.

So true.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by Mininari

Great, queue jokes about outsourcing expanded convention centre jobs...

Btw, on a totally unrelated note:
The Palmerston-Aubrey water pipe upgrades, is anyone on the inside of this job and know exactly how much longer its going to be U/C. They're still going strong, making a lot of noise, and since there is no real benefit to anyone (i.e. no pedestrian walkway), the local neighbours want this to just stop. Yes, I'm complaining, so poke me.

If your talking about the major water main river crossing @ Aubry, the contract says substantial completion is required in the middle of Sept 2013.

They have to do a lot of iron work repairs on the bridge so yes there will be noise to pop the old rivets and bolts to get the bad stringers out and refasten the new ones in.

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by cllew

If your talking about the major water main river crossing @ Aubry, the contract says substantial completion is required in the middle of Sept 2013.

They have to do a lot of iron work repairs on the bridge so yes there will be noise to pop the old rivets and bolts to get the bad stringers out and refasten the new ones in.

Thanks. I live a few blocks away from it (and could hear the work in the distance) but a friend of mine lives literally across the street from it, and the late evening work is getting to him (and his dog). Oh well, done Sept 2013.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by bryanscott

King? Isn't The Lighthouse Mission on Main Street in The Zimmerman Block?

no kity corner of the chinies pavilian building

[bomberjet]

The AT overpass at PTH 101 open house boards are posted on the MIT website. Direct link to the PDF:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/pdf/pth101boards.pdf

Three alternatives for the overpass:

1. At the Gateway/Raleigh corrdior. Cost = $16.5M.
2. At Mowat Rd near the churches. Cost = $10.5M.
3. At the Maple corridor, 270m west of the Gateway/Raleigh Corridor. Cost = $10M.


Preferred and cheapest option is the Maple corridor location. That one has a perpendicular approach to the overpass on the south side. The Mowat Road option has perp. approaches on both sides. Seems to the best option would be option 1. But obviously most expensive and has impacts on future works, but is the most direct route.

Interesting they take into account the future requirements for a vehicular overpass at Raleigh/Gateway and the impact this will have on the PTH59N/PTH101 interchange. Seems like they're actually thinking and planning everything together. What a thought! Now let's hope this all goes ahead.

[Spocket]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Interesting they take into account the future requirements for a vehicular overpass at Raleigh/Gateway and the impact this will have on the PTH59N/PTH101 interchange. Seems like they're actually thinking and planning everything together. What a thought! Now let's hope this all goes ahead.

To be fair , the planners always do their jobs. It's the politicians who mess everything up by putting things on the back burner for so long that the situation changes and the original plan isn't followed through on.

An example : We had a grade separated , free-flow interchange at 59 and the Perimeter. Then the province decided to complete the ring around the city and now we don't have a grade-separated , free-flow interchange at 59 and the Perimeter. How many years has it been ?

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by Spocket

To be fair , the planners always do their jobs. It's the politicians who mess everything up by putting things on the back burner for so long that the situation changes and the original plan isn't followed through on.

An example : We had a grade separated , free-flow interchange at 59 and the Perimeter. Then the province decided to complete the ring around the city and now we don't have a grade-separated , free-flow interchange at 59 and the Perimeter. How many years has it been ?

I agree with you partially, regarding that planners know what they're doing and the politicians get in the way. I'm just happy they're taking everything into account in the area before making a decision.

MIT seems to have they're heads on straight these days. CoW not so much. I know Sammy's all over the place and there's a lot of consultant work these days.

Look at Molson Ave. The City installed a roundabout at Grassie, designed for single lane traffic. No option to make it larger. Then they're "twinning" Molson, but only up to Concordia. They said there isn't enough traffic flow to ever twin the stretch from Concordia to Grassie. Ultimate build-out is single lane traffic. But in the next breath they're talking about the Schreimer's redevelopment just north of Grassie and how huge it's going to be and all the people that will move in there. Residential towers and expanding the strip mall. Ummmm, okayy. So tons of people moving in just down the street warrants Molson NEVER be twinned? They used the word never. I know this is all word of mouth, but's that what I've been told.

As we've said before, planners get a bad rap. Some deserve it, some don't. So that's why I made the comment that they're actually planning stuff. I'm not really up for getting into that debate. Glad to see the AT overpass on the horizon. I'd use it regularly.

[rypinion]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

MIT seems to have they're heads on straight these days. CoW not so much.

I was going to say this. This seems noticeable just from reading all these open houses and publications from both the city and province and comparing them.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Spocket

An example : We had a grade separated , free-flow interchange at 59 and the Perimeter. Then the province decided to complete the ring around the city and now we don't have a grade-separated , free-flow interchange at 59 and the Perimeter. How many years has it been ?

Closing in on 20 years now.

What I never understood about that weird arrangement is why the NB-to-WB loop ramp in that interchange wasn’t left in use as opposed to the left-turn lanes one currently uses to get from NB 59 to WB 101 (one can see the now-deteriorated ramp on Google Maps). It would have been a lot more convenient, and frankly, safer than another red light on busy highway. I’d go so far as to say that Crystal Taman would probably still be alive today if MIT hadn’t decommissioned that ramp in favour of an at-grade intersection.

[TR_Chick]

Originally Posted by esquire

Closing in on 20 years now.

What I never understood about that weird arrangement is why the NB-to-WB loop ramp in that interchange wasn’t left in use as opposed to the left-turn lanes one currently uses to get from NB 59 to WB 101 (one can see the now-deteriorated ramp on Google Maps). It would have been a lot more convenient, and frankly, safer than another red light on busy highway.

I think it is because our city has an irrational fear of mergers from the left hand side. I was just looking at the google earth and from NB to WB the way the decaying portion is, you would need to merge from the left back onto 101.... people in Winnipeg won't do that. I have seen so many near accidents already at the new Kenaston merge XD

[bomberjet]

The whole thing is set-up to accommodate for construction. It's actually the construction detours we've been using for 20 years. That ramp was removed to make room for the construction/re-construction of the whole thing.

If they knew it would be 25 years before anything happened, they probably would have left it all the way it was. Have the east perimeter dead at the lights where it currently is and left the rest as she was.

[bomberjet]

Also, construction is slated for 2015 with opening in 2016.

Could it be in conjunction with the interchange project that's to start construction next year? Haven't officially heard of that being pushed back as of yet and the big wigs are supposed to be making infrastructure announcements over the next little while. The flood wasn't bad this year either, so there's some cash that didn't get tossed down the drain. Only time will tell.

[CodeGreen]

If the city wants to put in so many AT paths they should make it mandatory for people on bicycles to use them.
I've passed quite a few bikes on route 90 by Sterling Lyon where there is AT paths on either side of the road, and also on Sterling Lyon where there is always an empty AT path on the South side by Linden Woods, but people on bikes would rather stay in traffic that goes 80... i just don't understand...
I have even seen some people walking along the 2ft wide spash strip on the North side of Sterling Lyon, attached to the curb, where cars are passing them at 80... Instead of walking across the street and using the nice 3m wide or more AT path on the South side.
Is there an overall budget that the city is spending on all of these AT paths?

[chrisallard5454]

Originally Posted by CodeGreen

If the city wants to put in so many AT paths they should make it mandatory for people on bicycles to use them.
I've passed quite a few bikes on route 90 by Sterling Lyon where there is AT paths on either side of the road, and also on Sterling Lyon where there is always an empty AT path on the South side by Linden Woods, but people on bikes would rather stay in traffic that goes 80... i just don't understand...
I have even seen some people walking along the 2ft wide spash strip on the North side of Sterling Lyon, attached to the curb, where cars are passing them at 80... Instead of walking across the street and using the nice 3m wide or more AT path on the South side.
Is there an overall budget that the city is spending on all of these AT paths?

Bikes should always, have always, and most likely will always be allowed to ride on roadways. It is just a fact of life, and it is a fact that you will just have to get used to, especially as more and more people turn to cycling as a form of transportation.

The AT paths tend to be used for leisure, where as people will almost always commute on the road. Unless, of course, the AT path is faster, which is usually not the case.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by chrisallard5454

Bikes should always, have always, and most likely will always be allowed to ride on roadways. It is just a fact of life, and it is a fact that you will just have to get used to, especially as more and more people turn to cycling as a form of transportation.

The AT paths tend to be used for leisure, where as people will almost always commute on the road. Unless, of course, the AT path is faster, which is usually not the case.

yeah...commuter bike paths need to be on roads and not through parks, along the river etc...they need to be as direct as streets and have to be on major thoroughfares...portage, main, pembina etc.....not side streets.

[armorand93]

Noticed some construction going around Unicity, most importantly the new Sportchek, two new stores opening and this (sorry about photo, took link from my Instagram):



Also, CBC Manitoba is now following my instagram. Maybe they searched through my SSP name and got intrigued by all my pics of Winnipeg and of our transit system as well... hm.

[Biff]

^^^ That is the new Original Joe's restaurant.

[rypinion]

Originally Posted by TR_Chick

I think it is because our city has an irrational fear of mergers from the left hand side. I was just looking at the google earth and from NB to WB the way the decaying portion is, you would need to merge from the left back onto 101.... people in Winnipeg won't do that. I have seen so many near accidents already at the new Kenaston merge XD

I could be wrong, and I'd have to find a source, but I'm pretty sure left hand exits and merges are considered not ideal nowadays and are avoided whenever possible.