Regina Construction IV

[watchedmofu]

Is it just me or are the traffic lites screwed up in this town? They all seem to be all out of sync.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by watchedmofu

Is it just me or are the traffic lites screwed up in this town? They all seem to be all out of sync.

No. This is a common refrain from people who do not know how modern signals work.

To get it out of the way: yes, sometimes signals get out of sync due to a bunch of possible reasons. However, the main thoroughfares are synced and do a pretty good job during the busy times of the day. You wouldn't want to see them if they were not synced. It's also important to remember that if they are syncing in one direction that means the opposite direction is off-sync! Also there is a balance between syncing roads that cross each other.

Additionally, people think that syncing is only possible way to direct traffic. With cameras and sensors there is a dynamic change happening based on use. You make think that you should have a clear path down Albert St, but perhaps the traffic loads mean that Victoria or Sask Dr or Dewdney shouldn't have extra long wait times with backed up traffic just to suit Albert or [insert your preferred route here].

Lastly, sometimes signals (and stop signs) are deliberately used to control/stop traffic. We don't actually want people having uninterrupted lanes of traffic through the city, that is more dangerous and increases speeding.

The traffic network is hugely complicated and isn't simply a matter of "syncing". It doesn't work that way.

[The mayor]

Preparing for major growth , https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...ower-line-work
The work is being done as part of the Condie to Evraz Transmission Line Project. The project involves building a 10-kilometre power line north of Regina to support Evraz’s growing power needs and help with future growth in the area.

SaskPower also brought in a helicopter on Thursday for work on the project. The helicopter was used to carry and place conductor wire on power line structures between McCarthy Boulevard and Pinkie Road, along Armour Road.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by The mayor

Preparing for major growth , https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...ower-line-work
The work is being done as part of the Condie to Evraz Transmission Line Project. The project involves building a 10-kilometre power line north of Regina to support Evraz’s growing power needs and help with future growth in the area.

SaskPower also brought in a helicopter on Thursday for work on the project. The helicopter was used to carry and place conductor wire on power line structures between McCarthy Boulevard and Pinkie Road, along Armour Road.

Not sure if you know this, but Evraz is pretty dead and idle at the moment and I really don't see much change out there in the near term or the long term.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Ya, that really surprised me to read. I’m actually concerned about Evraz and all the people that work there. I’m all for transitioning away from fossil fuels and thus pipelines, but it needs to be done in a very managed way. Either way, we are also at the mercy of global forces.

The pipe side is almost empty as far as I can tell. The yard that's usually full of pipe that's ready to ship is pretty well empty. It's a very big yard.

Fossil fuels aren't going anywhere for a long time yet but I guess we've decided to let other countries make the money and have the jobs while we twiddle our thumbs and destroy people's livelihoods. Saskatchewan has pretty well nothing besides natural resources so if we decide we aren't going to make money off those resources we may as well close up shop because there isn't much else going on here to draw business.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

That’s a tad hyperbolic. But that’s the power of propaganda. Most of the new jobs announced lately have nothing to do with oil and gas. There’s still a lot of potential in wind and solar generation as well as nuclear with all of our uranium (I am not an anti-nuclear like many of my fellow lefties). Besides, the taps will be on for a long time, it’s just that there should be no new oil and gas developments. Sask will be fine as long as our government has the courage to work harder leaning on all of our other industries and seeking out new ones (where’s the innovation and creativity that created our province in the first place?) instead of letting the deep pockets of oil and gas dictate what we do. (Hello, Brad Wall)

That's quite rich coming from you.

So you think Saskatchewan is a desirable place for businesses that aren't based on natural resources to flourish?

I'm not left or right politically as I basically hate politics but I know what Saskatchewan is and what we have to offer and after our natural resources the list is pretty thin.

Anyway, I'm done with this part of this as it's hijacked enough. I was originally just posting about Evraz basically running on a skeleton crew with no real relief in sight.

[blacktrojan3921]

Originally Posted by pappcam

That's quite rich coming from you.

So you think Saskatchewan is a desirable place for businesses that aren't based on natural resources to flourish?

I'm not left or right politically as I basically hate politics but I know what Saskatchewan is and what we have to offer and after our natural resources the list is pretty thin.

Anyway, I'm done with this part of this as it's hijacked enough. I was originally just posting about Evraz basically running on a skeleton crew with no real relief in sight.

That's why we need to diversify our economy?

[JustACitizen]

Perhaps Evraz could benefit from a program to build water pipelines from some future large scale desalination plant. This system could bring water from the Pacific to replenish the lost snowpack that feeds the head waters of the Saskatchewan river system that is currently being depleted at an alarming rate. This kind of thinking is going to be needed if we wish to continue living in Saskatchewan in the next 50 years. Is anyone even thinking about this as a possible solution to future droughts?

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Honestly, I'm guessing we will achieve nuclear fusion before we can make desalination practical enough to move it uphill to Sask.

I do wonder if Evraz could supply new residential water pipes to replace all the lead ones some houses still have. This is likely an issue elsewhere too that should have been resolved decades ago.

Residential water pipe is 100% plastic. Don't need a blast furnace to make plastic.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Ah, well, nuts to that idea lol.

Even though getting a new pipeline built has become a national embarrassment, there is still a need for steel pipe to work on and repair existing pipelines so pipe will still be needed. The activists need to remember that we are nowhere near turning off any taps in the world and that pipelines are by far the safest way to move the stuff. Getting it shipped over from dictatorial and severely totalitarian countries with zero human rights seems more palatable to these activists and is completely pathetic.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Well, firstly, the Irving refinery in NB is privately-owned and built for conventional oil, so the idea that it would be simple to open it up for bitumen as long as we could just get a pipeline built through Quebec is quite ignorant. New refineries aren't even being built in Alberta and you think one's going to be built on the east coast to handle Alberta oilsands? Come on man.

Secondly, sure some activists want us to stop using oil, but I wouldn't say that the majority of people who are against new pipelines, and who also aren't activists but are just regular humans who accept that climate change is real, aren't calling for the taps to be turned off. It's more about not increasing production and lowering it to more sustainable levels. I don't think there are any significant numbers of people who are against maintaining existing pipelines.

To be honest, you are the one that is sounding like an activist, but for the extremely-rich oil and gas industry, especially touting the same old talking points that have been debunked long ago. Either you are being willfully ignorant or you are just that stupid. There's really no excuse to be repeating this stuff over and over again. Also, being a shill for the world's most profitable industry of all time is, in your own words, quite pathetic actually. At least the activists you speak of are doing it for altruistic and well-intentioned reasons. You really need to stop listening to John Gormley or whatever other dinosaur you're getting your information from.

Lol. You're a caricature at this point bud, and a hugely naive one at that.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

What construction projects are currently going on in Regina?

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Typical response from someone who is all show and no substance. Go back to your echo chamber on Facebook and stay there because you sure aren't offering this board anything interesting. Queue the "I know what you are but what am I" response... Or you can surprise us and actually tell me exactly what I got wrong (I will not hold my breath).

I know I don't offer shit to this board but what do you think you offer? All I see from your posts are anti sask this, anti sask that. I'm sure you have heard this before, dont like it here bud...move on. Sask is built off resources, not to mention Canada!

[ceedub1170]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

I know I don't offer shit to this board but what do you think you offer? All I see from your posts are anti sask this, anti sask that. I'm sure you have heard this before, dont like it here bud...move on. Sask is built off resources, not to mention Canada!

I am also growing very tired of forsberg. I usually see his name and keep scrolling.

[yveseluj]

The mixed-use pathway along Pasqua south is also under construction currently.

[Draftsman]

Don't forget the new Tim Horton's on Albert & 7th!

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

With the amount of immigration coming to the city, I can't believe we haven't been able to take advantage of that with new residential downtown.

The immigrants I interact with seem to either want suburban McMansions or very inexpensive rentals so they can save $ either for remittances to the old country or to save to buy a home or business. I do not see them as much in downtown condos or rentals. New downtown buildings do not fit the profile for Regina, unlike Vancouver or Toronto where they are seen more as investments or property speculation.

[yveseluj]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

So, that being said, who does fit the profile for living downtown?

Young people, mostly, but commute times are so short in this city that downtown isn't a real hurdle to get to that'd necessitate a lot of condos. I'd like to see it, but clearly the demand isn't quite there yet.

[The mayor]

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...-on-conditions
Not what we where Hoping for, City recommends approval of Burns Hanley Building demolition on conditions
Some worry approval may set a bad precedent for other important buildings designated under the Victoria Park Municipal Heritage Conservation District bylaw.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Most of the buildings under the Victoria Park Municipal Heritage Conservation District bylaw are as good as dead. Regina cares nothing about sense of place. Hasn't for decades. Pretty much the same story with Travelers. Wait for building to become a hazard and bulldoze it. Rinse and repeat.