Regina Construction III

[micheal]

The city has received an application for the construction of a second level on the Conexus parkade on Angus street.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by micheal

The city has received an application for the construction of a second level on the Conexus parkade on Angus street.

I wonder if that would be related to Nutrien taking some space in the tower?

[micheal]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I wonder if that would be related to Nutrien taking some space in the tower?

I think that would be a good assumption. 😊

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I wonder if that would be related to Nutrien taking some space in the tower?

Especially since Conexus will be leaving when there new building is completed and since there is plenty of parking there currently.

[Rodo Regina Lover]

I think one of the owners of the Regina Pats was in on the development of the office complex on the 1800blk Rose St this is where a downtown area was talked about in the past. They would use the whole city block ( 11th Ave. to 12th Ave. Broad St. to Rose St. nothing on this block is of any value!

[Rodo Regina Lover]

Arena not area Lol!!

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I wonder if that would be related to Nutrien taking some space in the tower?

Again. It's not Nutrien.

[thefourthtower]

Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

Again. It's not Nutrien.

Who is it then

[thefourthtower]

Al-Katib believes the Greater Regina Area (GRA) is well-positioned to fill this need.

“I see the Regina plains as an opportunity to be a centre of food processing in Canada to help feed the world. The opportunity for Canada is really centered out of Saskatchewan. With the Regina plains being a really important production region, we’re going to be the first stop on the protein highway.”

[thefourthtower]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

Why make Regina the first stop on the Protein Highway?
PROTEIN HIGHWAY Al-Katib sees tremendous opportunity in the plant-based protein industry that can be scaled into a multi-billion dollar industry. “I think Regina’s going to be the place to be. We want to make sure that we actually seize that opportunity, and we feed the world.”

Looking towards a world population of 10 billion by 2050 and the increase of markets adopting new proteins into their diets, the need to have the resources to provide environmentally sustainable protein is rising dramatically. Al-Katib believes the Greater Regina Area (GRA) is well-positioned to fill this need.

“I see the Regina plains as an opportunity to be a centre of food processing in Canada to help feed the world. The opportunity for Canada is really centered out of Saskatchewan. With the Regina plains being a really important production region, we’re going to be the first stop on the protein highway.”

http://business.financialpost.com/sponso...na-the-first-stop-on-the-protein-highway

[thefourthtower]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/fougere-rail-line-relocation-1.4594897
Regina mayor proposes city consider relocating Ring Road rail lines



Mayor Fougere says relocation may be most efficient way to solve daily Ring Road traffic woes


Joelle Seal · CBC News · Posted: Mar 27, 2018 8:57 AM CT | Last Updated: March 27

[North_Regina_Boy]

I would tend to agree. If the refinery would allow it the track that crosses highway 46 could be extended to the CN main and CP main going north. Then build an underpass for highway 46. And one at Park Street. This does a few things:

1) Allows CN trains to not have to cross Winnipeg or Ring Road,
2) Uses existing Bridges already built over Ring Road,
3) Allows CP to not have to cross Ross Ave with long trains. Only shorter oil tanker trains to serve the customers close to McDonald Industrial,
4) Allows rebuilding of Ring Road and Winnipeg Street interchange with far greater ease.
5) Frees land along Winnipeg Street North.
6) Stops trains from crossing 9th Ave North into refinery.

So hopefully that is looked at.

See image that I had done quite a while ago.

Legend:

Yellow - New Rail
Red - Removed Rail
Green - Underpass (or future underpass)
Blue - Bridge Renovation
Light Blue - Existing Rail

[Stormer]

Some great ideas there. There might be some issues convincing the railways to share track or even right of way.

Originally Posted by North_Regina_Boy

I would tend to agree. If the refinery would allow it the track that crosses highway 46 could be extended to the CN main and CP main going north. Then build an underpass for highway 46. And one at Park Street. This does a few things:

1) Allows CN trains to not have to cross Winnipeg or Ring Road,
2) Uses existing Bridges already built over Ring Road,
3) Allows CP to not have to cross Ross Ave with long trains. Only shorter oil tanker trains to serve the customers close to McDonald Industrial,
4) Allows rebuilding of Ring Road and Winnipeg Street interchange with far greater ease.
5) Frees land along Winnipeg Street North.
6) Stops trains from crossing 9th Ave North into refinery.

So hopefully that is looked at.

See image that I had done quite a while ago.

Legend:

Yellow - New Rail
Red - Removed Rail
Green - Underpass (or future underpass)
Blue - Bridge Renovation
Light Blue - Existing Rail

[North_Regina_Boy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Some great ideas there. There might be some issues convincing the railways to share track or even right of way.

Yes it may take some convincing. I would think the line.that crosses 46 would have to be double track. One for CP and one for CN. And they would still need to coordinate crossing each other's lines as they do now just to the west of Ring Road.

Hopefully they see a benefit of less collisions and less downtime due to the safer routing. Not to mention further expansion of the NW industrial with both carriers being right in the middle.

[jigglysquishy]

CP and CN will say no.

Its a non starter

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Haha. Just tell them that vehicular traffic gets priority between 6:00am and 10:00pm and they can do all of their shipping between 10:00pm and 6:00am. I'm joking, but it would be a funny conversation.

[Drofmab]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

^Haha. Just tell them that vehicular traffic gets priority between 6:00am and 10:00pm and they can do all of their shipping between 10:00pm and 6:00am. I'm joking, but it would be a funny conversation.

I get that you're joking, but the frustrating thing is that people in this city still seem to think that the scheduling of trains is something that municipalities have a say in (confirmed by the crush of tweets heading the City's way every time a train inconveniences people). Municipalities have zero say. zero influence. zero leverage. zero everything. railways have the trump card.

Railways will get on board when governments are bringing cash to the table, and it makes business sense for them... if there's no cash, there's typically no reason to move away from the status quo.

[North_Regina_Boy]

Originally Posted by Drofmab

I get that you're joking, but the frustrating thing is that people in this city still seem to think that the scheduling of trains is something that municipalities have a say in (confirmed by the crush of tweets heading the City's way every time a train inconveniences people). Municipalities have zero say. zero influence. zero leverage. zero everything. railways have the trump card.

Railways will get on board when governments are bringing cash to the table, and it makes business sense for them... if there's no cash, there's typically no reason to move away from the status quo.

It is amazing that Saskatoon back in the 60s got CN to move out of downtown. They did have to play a lot to make that happen and give them good incentives and land to work with. So not that it can't happen and there are corridors where CN and CP share rights of way. But we shall see what the city comes up with.

However, my guess is that it'll be Ring Road will have to go up and over both CN CP and Winnipeg street. As the distances between the three crossings is very limited.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by North_Regina_Boy

It is amazing that Saskatoon back in the 60s got CN to move out of downtown. They did have to play a lot to make that happen and give them good incentives and land to work with. So not that it can't happen and there are corridors where CN and CP share rights of way. But we shall see what the city comes up with.

However, my guess is that it'll be Ring Road will have to go up and over both CN CP and Winnipeg street. As the distances between the three crossings is very limited.

But there is already and underpass grade separation. Why would they not continue to have the Ring Road go under?

[North_Regina_Boy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

But there is already and underpass grade separation. Why would they not continue to have the Ring Road go under?

Reasons being:

1) City of Regina wants to rebuild and realign Winnipeg street overpass.
2) unlikely there is enough room for a detour of the rail line within the confines of the project area to allow for underpass construction.

IMO if they decide to do anything overpass or underpass they are going to have to close Ring Road and divert traffic to McDonald and Winnipeg to go around the area until done.

However it is done it will be a cluster **** and cost a lot of $$$ IMO $150M is an underestimate as they have three grade separations to create / redo. I would say in the area of $60-70M each for around $180-210M not to mention the increased traffic on Lewvan side streets and the West Bypass creating more strain on 9th Ave North.