Regina Construction III - Page 395

thefourthtower · #**7881** Posted **Feb 3, 2018, 4:59 PM**

https://www.trucknews.com/features/bypass-heart-west/
Bypass at the heart of the West

February 3, 2018

Ackerman, too, identifies the bypass as a vital link between Regina and other Western Canada urban centers. The way he sees it, Regina could well become the new trucking hub of the Prairies.

“If you leave Calgary and you want to be in Winnipeg tomorrow morning, you’ll need a team outfit, whereas from Regina you can be in Winnipeg or Calgary overnight, single driver,” said Ackerman. “Once this bypass is open, all those major cities in Western Canada are accessible overnight.”

With ELDs coming soon and every minute saved per trip representing profit for a trucking company, such a centralized location could tip in the scale, especially if paying only one driver instead of a team.

The bypass will also allow drivers going in or through Regina to do so with greater peace of mind.

“It’s more stressful to drive in congested traffic than on the open highway. Your drivers are working harder mentally,” said Ackerman, underlining that some of his drivers currently lose about 30 minutes per trip at a rate of three or four trips a day on Highway 33 leaving Regina.

This traffic stress burden being taken off the drivers’ shoulders could even help retention and reduce turnover, according to Ackerman.

“Our focus on retaining employees is always about making them the most productive they can be, because trucking as an industry has a long history of paid by productivity,” he said. “This bypass is going to have a significant impact on the uncontrollable of traffic because it’s going to make the flow much simpler for our guys. Unless we are delivering in the city, it is going to eliminate our trucks’ need to go into the city to get to their destination.”

Richards can relate to that city avoidance.

“When I ran a trucking company in this province, I didn’t even allow truckers to fuel in Regina because you lost them for too long a period of time,” Richards said.

“By the time they came into town, went to the cardlock and exit back out, you lost a couple of hours. So they had to bypass Regina for fuel.”

thefourthtower · #**7882** Posted **Feb 3, 2018, 5:03 PM**

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1317629
New shopping centre approved

pappcam · #**7883** Posted **Feb 3, 2018, 6:20 PM**

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https://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1317629
New shopping centre approved

Story that doesn't need to be watched and listened to...

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/zoning-approved-for-east-regina-shopping-centre-1.3785883

We're already all here reading things so I don't know why you continually link video-only stories.

Festivus · #**7884** Posted **Feb 3, 2018, 10:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by thefourthtower

https://www.trucknews.com/features/bypass-heart-west/

“If you leave Calgary and you want to be in Winnipeg tomorrow morning, you’ll need a team outfit, whereas from Regina you can be in Winnipeg or Calgary overnight, single driver,” said Ackerman. “Once this bypass is open, all those major cities in Western Canada are accessible overnight.”

I mean...the bypass will speed things up by 10 or 15 minutes for drivers passing through. Maybe 30 minutes if traffic is bad in the east end. I don't see how it makes Regina the new king of trucking centres, at all.

BrutallyDishonest2 · #**7885** Posted **Feb 3, 2018, 11:17 PM**

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I mean...the bypass will speed things up by 10 or 15 minutes for drivers passing through. Maybe 30 minutes if traffic is bad in the east end. I don't see how it makes Regina the new king of trucking centres, at all.

It doesn't. They'd just locate in Calgary or Winnipeg to start with.

Drofmab · #**7886** Posted **Feb 5, 2018, 10:21 PM**

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It doesn't. They'd just locate in Calgary or Winnipeg to start with.

The idea is that Regina will be much less of a headache because of the Bypass, and this will make it (read: GTH) an attractive hub for trucking & intermodal operations to base drivers & crews out of.

I agree that the Bypass will reduce the headaches experienced by truckers - just being able to avoid the lights & left-hand turn from Vic onto the Ring Road & the local drivers who can't figure out how to merge on/off the Ring Road will be a benefit to truckers.

"He chuckles when talking about the current and “famous” left hand turn on the Trans-Canada Highway.
“That’s not our favorite thing to be known for,” he said, adding that it illustrates the current lack of ramps to ease traffic flow on and off highways in the Regina area."

“When I ran a trucking company in this province, I didn’t even allow truckers to fuel in Regina because you lost them for too long a period of time,” Richards said.
“By the time they came into town, went to the cardlock and exit back out, you lost a couple of hours. So they had to bypass Regina for fuel."

"Right now, Victoria Avenue East, I would say is the bane of a trucker in Regina’s existence,” she said. “It’s heavy, heavy traffic, it moves at very slow speed and there’s a lot of lights. That has been a problem route for the trucking industry for a long, long time.”

But to suggest that the Bypass will make Regina/the GTH an attractive hub in place of Calgary or Winnipeg? Delusional.
(I was scouring the article for an indication that it was a paid advertisement from the GTH... didn't find that, but it sure read like the Advertorials we see in the LeaderPost)

BrutallyDishonest2 · #**7887** Posted **Feb 5, 2018, 11:20 PM**

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“By the time they came into town, went to the cardlock and exit back out, you lost a couple of hours. So they had to bypass Regina for fuel."

If this was true then the issue was a problem with the hiring manager...

North_Regina_Boy · #**7888** Posted **Feb 6, 2018, 3:25 AM**

I do think it odd that in all this time with as many trucks into and out of the GTH that there has not been a Card-Lock built. Or maybe they are waiting for that crucial West Bypass connection and build on that road? Who knows but it has got to come at some point.

BrutallyDishonest2 · #**7889** Posted **Feb 6, 2018, 3:42 AM**

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Or maybe they are waiting for that crucial West Bypass connection and build on that road?

Yes. Expect an announcement at some point.

Drofmab · #**7890** Posted **Feb 6, 2018, 4:24 AM**

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If this was true then the issue was a problem with the hiring manager...

True. And guess what that specific hiring manager is doing now?
President & CEO of the GTH... yay

cutterp · #**7891** Posted **Feb 6, 2018, 3:09 PM**

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Lots of activity in the parking area for Dilawri across from the old Sears call center. They are milling the surface of the lot and jack hammering out concrete.

Anyone know of anything? I thought I heard a rumor of a Land Rover and/or Porsche dealer going in there, or are they just resurfacing the lot (boring).

Looks like they have re-bar for piles on site now.

New dealership? Any ideas?

brithgob · #**7892** Posted **Feb 6, 2018, 8:05 PM**

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Looks like they have re-bar for piles on site now.

New dealership? Any ideas?

Just saw a random post on Facebook suggesting that it’s BMW relocating from 1st Ave.

micheal · #**7893** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 8:06 PM**

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Just saw a random post on Facebook suggesting that it’s BMW relocating from 1st Ave.

Was servicing my vehicle at dilawri and asked them. They said it is the new BMW dealership.

Drofmab · #**7894** Posted **Feb 12, 2018, 4:05 PM**

Noticed that construction materials are on-site to the Grasslands CIBC. Building is on the Grasslands website, but no info on the tenant. Anyone know?

KTBuild · #**7895** Posted **Feb 12, 2018, 9:47 PM**

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Noticed that construction materials are on-site to the Grasslands CIBC. Building is on the Grasslands website, but no info on the tenant. Anyone know?

Rumor is its a Starbucks.. The fake kind like beside the mall.

HomeInMyShoes · #**7896** Posted **Feb 12, 2018, 9:49 PM**

If it looks like a Starbucks and smells like a Starbucks and tastes like a Starbucks, does it really matter that it's a fake one?

I'm not big on coffee out so that's probably where my opinion comes from.

I'm getting antsy to see what the outside of the SaskTel building on Lorne Street is going to look like.

Stormer · #**7897** Posted **Feb 12, 2018, 9:52 PM**

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If it looks like a Starbucks and smells like a Starbucks and tastes like a Starbucks, does it really matter that it's a fake one?

I'm not big on coffee out so that's probably where my opinion comes from.

I'm getting antsy to see what the outside of the SaskTel building on Lorne Street is going to look like.

Really small windows, although if the cladding is glass or something nice it should look OK.

thefourthtower · #**7898** Posted **Feb 13, 2018, 5:29 PM**

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-regina-growth-rate-1.4533264

Saskatoon, Regina led national growth rate in 2017

Statistics Canada says Saskatoon grew by 2.8%, Regina grew by 2.4%

CBC News Posted: Feb 13, 2018 11:20 AM CT| Last Updated: Feb 13, 2018 11:20 AM CT
Saskatchewan's two largest cities continue to lead the country in population growth.

According to Statistics Canada, Saskatoon and Regina grew by 2.8 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively as of July 1, 2017.

Saskatoon's population was estimated at 323,800 people, while Regina's was estimated at 253,200.

Saskatoon and Regina's growth rate also led the country in 2016.

thefourthtower · #**7899** Posted **Feb 13, 2018, 7:46 PM**

https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story/8132620-feds-to-unveil-winning-supercluster-bids/
Feds to unveil winning 'supercluster' bids
— Protein innovations supercluster. The Saskatchewan bid would harness technologies to help Canada become the world leader in supplying plant-based proteins and related products.

curo · #**7900** Posted **Feb 13, 2018, 10:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by thefourthtower

https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story/8132620-feds-to-unveil-winning-supercluster-bids/
Feds to unveil winning 'supercluster' bids
— Protein innovations supercluster. The Saskatchewan bid would harness technologies to help Canada become the world leader in supplying plant-based proteins and related products.

Oh let me guess, Saskatoon.