Millennium Line - Evergreen Extension | Completed - Page 310

jsbertram · #**6181** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 1:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by queetz@home

I manage to take this photo today, January 26.

It looks like the time for them to construct a segment (guideway components between columns) is one per week.

The latest community update did indicate that the guideways will reach Gatineau Place by mid summer, so August. Essentially one year from when the first column was erected...

How soon before a NIMBY living along North Rd or Clarke Rd shows up on the newscast or in the papers b!tching that "nobody told us the new skytrain would be so high and close to my place... and now we've LOST OUR VIEW"

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queetz@home · #**6182** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 4:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by jsbertram

How soon before a NIMBY living along North Rd or Clarke Rd shows up on the newscast or in the papers b!tching that "nobody told us the new skytrain would be so high and close to my place... and now we've LOST OUR VIEW"

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You are a little late. The Klahanie residents started whining and complaining many weeks ago..

Tetsuo · #**6183** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 5:40 AM**

Driving down North, they're not THAT tall, its pretty much akin to both Expo and Millennium heights.

tom_g · #**6184** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 4:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by queetz@home

You are a little late. The Klahanie residents started whining and complaining many weeks ago..

Although to both sides credit, they worked together and figured out a compromise of sound and visual mitigation.

http://www.thenownews.com/klahanie-evergreen-compromise-1.799929

jsbertram · #**6185** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 11:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Driving down North, they're not THAT tall, its pretty much akin to both Expo and Millennium heights.

No THAT tall ... so far.

Add another 3 or 4M or so for the guideway on top of the finished columns, and then around 3M for the trains as they go by.

jsbertram · #**6186** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by queetz@home

You are a little late. The Klahanie residents started whining and complaining many weeks ago..

true, but people living and working along North Rd and Clarke Rd are going to be a lot closer to the tracks in the centre of these roads.

queetz@home · #**6187** Posted **Jan 30, 2014, 4:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by jsbertram

true, but people living and working along North Rd and Clarke Rd are going to be a lot closer to the tracks in the centre of these roads.

The people in the area has voiced their numerous complaints and whatever else throughout the years via the Burquitlam Community Association led by Don Violette. This neverending whining has been going on for the better part of the decade, and they even had the audacity to endorse the guided bus (which they called GLT) back in 2004. Thankfully, that proposal was squashed (I did my part...heh) and now that Skytrain is here, not much they can do about it at this point.

tybuilding · #**6188** Posted **Jan 30, 2014, 6:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by jsbertram

As with complicated construction like this it takes a few weeks for the crews to get into the rhythm of construction; Finishing yesterday's work left overnight to dry or cure, doing today's work, and prepping for tomorrow's tasks. Once the crews are trained and running 'like a well oiled machine', the pace of completing each segment will quicken each week.

The pictures reminds me of when I was working on the Millennium line. I was out compaction testing in the middle of Lougheed and picked up samples from the precast yard back then.

dpogue · #**6189** Posted **Jan 31, 2014, 5:05 AM**

No video update, but I did see a bunch more support structures in the White Spot parking lot today. I expect we'll see the next few sections of guideway go up in the next week.

I also noticed that on White Spot website, the North Road location is marked as being "temporarily closed": https://www.whitespot.ca/locations.htm

queetz@home · #**6190** Posted **Jan 31, 2014, 5:09 AM**

Yeah, I recall GeeCee sending White Spot a twitter message and they mentioned that there will be closures this time around. I guess EGRT better hussle and get those girders up so the restaurant can reopen soon..

madog222 · #**6191** Posted **Jan 31, 2014, 11:07 PM**

A few photos from today, taken by me.

The second guideway section is in place and the gantry is moving over to the next section. They took nine days to complete the second section by my count plus one day to move the gantry, two weeks total. It did seem like very little was does this past week so they probably can do one section per week.

Infrequent Poster · #**6192** Posted **Feb 1, 2014, 12:48 AM**

Is this entire line going to be double tracked? If so are there any parts that will be single track? Obviously this has been covered at some point (and I am lazy so I didnt search too hard), so apologies for the silly questions.

madog222 · #**6193** Posted **Feb 1, 2014, 1:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Infrequent Poster

Is this entire line going to be double tracked? If so are there any parts that will be single track? Obviously this has been covered at some point (and I am lazy so I didnt search too hard), so apologies for the silly questions.

Entire length will be double track.

Spork · #**6194** Posted **Feb 1, 2014, 1:51 AM**

Do we know how many gantries there will be at peak? From my reading this thread casually, I think that I count two at present.

Millennium2002 · #**6195** Posted **Feb 1, 2014, 2:19 AM**

There's only one... unless the Coquitlam side also has one that we haven't seen yet.

Granted, if that were true, it'd be a surprise... I think they can simply manage using one for both sections, with a little break in between to move things to the new location.

queetz@home · #**6196** Posted **Feb 1, 2014, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by allan_kuan

There's only one... unless the Coquitlam side also has one that we haven't seen yet.

Granted, if that were true, it'd be a surprise... I think they can simply manage using one for both sections, with a little break in between to move things to the new location.

That is correct, there is only one gantry. The latest community update said the gantry will reach Gatineau Place by mid summer, then it will be disassembled then transfered to Coquitlam Central Station.

Thanks again for the pics, madog222!

MIPS · #**6197** Posted **Feb 2, 2014, 4:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

A few photos from today, taken by me.

Is it just the angle or is the guideway extremely high off the ground?

madog222 · #**6198** Posted **Feb 2, 2014, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Is it just the angle or is the guideway extremely high off the ground?

It is quite high, if I remember correctly all but the two on the right are at the same height.

officedweller · #**6199** Posted **Feb 2, 2014, 6:59 AM**

Pic by a friend of mine.
Note the guys inside the section.

PS - This is why you allocate tunnelling risk to the private contractor:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022807868_tunnelengineersxml.html

GeeCee · #**6200** Posted **Feb 2, 2014, 3:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by queetz@home

Yeah, I recall GeeCee sending White Spot a twitter message and they mentioned that there will be closures this time around. I guess EGRT better hussle and get those girders up so the restaurant can reopen soon..

Yep, that was me.

This guy mentions that it will reopen in March so I guess we have a rough timeline for the guideway through that curve there - https://twitter.com/Mikeysglock20/status/429410157978607616