O-Train Line 1/3 [Stage 2 | West Extension | Tunney's to Baseline/Moodie] | U/C

[Kitchissippi]

Well his kid did come and sat on his lap for a bit, maybe he’s just working in context

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by hwy418

Not sure if it's just me, but I found the presenter to be speaking as if he was explaining the project to a bunch of children.

That's somewhat unfair.

To children, who are more reasonable and quick to grasp abstract concepts.

[J.OT13]

Noise attenuation measures for Lincoln Fields AFTER it opens, so not related to construction. Haven't watched it yet, but I feel like this one may be more interesting than the construction updates.

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[DTcrawler]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Noise attenuation measures for Lincoln Fields AFTER it opens, so not related to construction. Haven't watched it yet, but I feel like this one may be more interesting than the construction updates.

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Was only able to get through the first few minutes during a short lull at work, but what's with the narrative that the alignment will bisect the Lincoln Fields neighbourhood? Didn't the Transitway already "bisect" the community for the past three decades?

[J.OT13]

From Daniel Innes on Twitter:






https://twitter.com/InfraManDan/status/1516973279868772353?cxt=HHwWgoCzhaXKr40qAAAA

Drove by LF the other day; these pics don't do it justice. It is humongous!

[J.OT13]

Ottawa River Parkway and Byron tunnels to Lincoln Fields.

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Woodroffe High School to Lincoln Fields.

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Algonquin Station.

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Next FEDCO update coming up April 29th.

[JCL]

Here is a video that I took of the Southwest Transitway realignment between Lincoln Fields Station and Iris Station, as well as the temporary relocation of Queensway Station Stop 2A and associated reconfiguration of the roadway that is associated with the relocation. These changes went into affect on December 19, 2021. 

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[J.OT13]

Thanks for sharing JLC. Will they eventually close the entire Transitway, or just the Iris to Algonquin stretch? Also curious to know how the Queensway Station underpass will ultimately look like. Will it be completely demolished? Tracks will only be on one side, so what will be done with the other? Will ramps be kept for maintenance vehicles (maybe to a power sub-station or will they be removed?

[rocketphish]

Confederation Line east is on track — the west, maybe not
Consortium building east-west LRT extension reviewing 2025 opening of western link

Joanne Chianello · CBC News
Posted: Apr 27, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

Work to extend the Confederation Line eastward to Orléans is on schedule, but the timeline for the western extension is currently under review.

"We've got some real challenges there," said Chris Loeffler, an executive with East-West Connectors (EWC), of the western portion of the project. "At this time, we're still analyzing the schedule."

That western extension — which is more complicated than the eastern leg and includes a tunnel in Westboro — may be lagging behind its 2025 targeted opening date.

"We've got some geotechnical issues, as well as some other supply issues," said Loeffler.

"We've got an issue with getting enough manpower. So we're bringing in a lot of of carpenters and labourers from other provinces to help out with that."

Loeffler is a senior vice-president at Kiewit Corporation, which together with VINCI make up EWC, the builders of Stage 2 of the Confederation Line east to Trim Road and westward to branches ending at Algonquin College and Moodie Drive.

He was on hand Tuesday at a photo op with officials such as Mayor Jim Watson and local MPs to mark the progress toward building the 12.5-kilometre eastern extension from Blair station.

To the east, EWC is now starting to install the actual railway — there's about two kilometres of twinned track laid between the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway and Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard — and, despite some pandemic-related hiccups, the constructors still expect the eastern extension to be ready by 2024.

"We're having a hard time getting some of our supplies out of different areas, supply chain problems that we're seeing — we're working through those as they come," said Loeffler. "But all things considered, we look to be on time on the east."

"This is a very important day and date for the people of the east end," said Watson, pointing out that residents in the eastern part of the city have traditionally used transit more than in any other area.

"And this is going to give them even better, more reliable, faster transit service."

The possible western delay was flagged back in December by Ottawa's rail director Michael Morgan, who told councillors at the time that work looked to be 10 months behind schedule "on paper."

That information was overshadowed at the time by the news the completion of the north-south Trillium Line extension was formally delayed from fall of 2022 to at least the spring of 2023.

None of the EWC companies are working on the Trillium Line. Instead, it's SNC-Lavalin alone that won the $1.67-billion project to extend the Trillium Line to Riverside South and the international airport.

The city's finance and economic development committee is expecting a full update on Stage 2 rail construction this Friday.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/co...2-progress-ottawa-schedule-lrt-1.6431244

[JCL]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Thanks for sharing JLC. Will they eventually close the entire Transitway, or just the Iris to Algonquin stretch? Also curious to know how the Queensway Station underpass will ultimately look like. Will it be completely demolished? Tracks will only be on one side, so what will be done with the other? Will ramps be kept for maintenance vehicles (maybe to a power sub-station or will they be removed?

To be honest with you, I'm actually not sure when exactly they are going to close down the Southwest Transitway between Lincoln Fields and Iris.

In the February 27, 2019 Contract Award report to City Council, Document 7 (https://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/view.aspx?cabinet=published_meetings&fileid=576424), it stated:

The Transitway segment between Lincoln Fields Station and Iris Station will remain open and in service at all times during construction until after substantial completion on the Confederation Line West extension. T

I don't know what the City's definition of "substantial completion" means. Does it mean buses will go on detour between Lincoln Fields and Iris when LRT construction is complete, but prior to the opening of the LRT line to the public? Or will the Southwest Transitway will remain open at all times until LRT opens and parallel (existing) bus service is no longer needed. I just don't have that answer.

I'm also to trying to determine whether or not there will be a detour/mitigation measures for buses utilizing the ramp from Upper Level Queensway Station eastbound to the Southwest Transitway (for buses coming from Hwy 417 eastbound from Pinecrest/Bayshore/Kanata). As the LRT Guideway construction progress, I cannot see the current configuration being possible without a detour/mitigation measure implemented, given that the LRT Guideway is being built on the "east side" of the existing Southwest Transitway.

I actually reached out to OC Transpo a couple of months ago, they did not respond to me with this specific question that I asked (although they answered some of my other questions regarding LRT construction detours). I'll probably draft an e-mail to the Stage 2 LRT Office in the near future and inquire.

[SidetrackedSue]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

Confederation Line east is on track — the west, maybe not
Consortium building east-west LRT extension reviewing 2025 opening of western link

Joanne Chianello · CBC News
Posted: Apr 27, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

Work to extend the Confederation Line eastward to Orléans is on schedule, but the timeline for the western extension is currently under review.

"We've got some real challenges there," said Chris Loeffler, an executive with East-West Connectors (EWC), of the western portion of the project. "At this time, we're still analyzing the schedule."

That western extension — which is more complicated than the eastern leg and includes a tunnel in Westboro — may be lagging behind its 2025 targeted opening date.

"We've got some geotechnical issues, as well as some other supply issues," said Loeffler.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/co...2-progress-ottawa-schedule-lrt-1.6431244

So I don't walk past the cut and cover on SirJAM but I do walk past the Churchill underpass a few times a week and the flooding in there isn't getting any better. They've stopped pumping now (they were pumping and having tankers come in 2+x per day to empty the container they were pumping into) and when I walked by earlier this week it was a lovely wading pool/rink, depending on season.

The neighbourhood is full of rumours. The 'replacement' of sewer pipes all over the area was never part of the original presentations and took Westboro and Westboro Beach residents by surprise with all the extra noise of drilling, etc. They are also 'replacing' sewer pipes down by Churchill. The rumour is they are setting up a way of pumping the water away from the underpass (and the LRT tunnel further west.)

Does anyone know anything other than rumours? The presentation a month ago had words of sympathy for the additional noise but no admission this had to do with water. Then you get the comment about geotechnical issues and it makes us wonder.

[rocketphish]

Western LRT extension, north-south Trillium line face new delays, says rail director
Revamped O-Train launch could now be full year behind schedule

Trevor Pritchard · CBC News
Posted: Apr 29, 2022 2:27 PM ET | Last Updated: 1 hour ago



Ottawa's director of rail construction is projecting a three-month delay for the completion of the city's western light rail extension, while flagging the launch of the expanded north-south Trillium line could now be a full year behind the initial schedule.

Michael Morgan gave an update Friday to the city's finance and economic development committee on the work being done on all of the city's rail projects.

It came three days after East-West Connectors (EWC), the builders of the Stage 2 east-west extension of the Confederation Line, said the more complex western portion and its tunnel may be running behind its targeted 2025 launch date due to supply chain problems and labour shortages.

Morgan told the committee Friday afternoon EWC's reports now project a 101-day delay in the handover of the extension.

"In the market right now, there's a lot of pressure on the supply of rebar, a lot of pressure on the supply of concrete. And you need a lot of both of those things for the tunnel construction," Morgan said.

EWC is reviewing their projections, he added, with the next update scheduled to come in July.

City council had already heard that the north-south Trillium Line rail extension wouldn't be finished until May 2023 at the earliest, nine months later than the initial August 2022 deadline stated in that contract.

The $1.6-billion project is being built by contractor Transit NEXT, a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin.

An August 2023 completion date is now more likely, Morgan said, although the city was "working with them to see what they can do to bring that back."

If SNC-Lavalin finished the majority of construction this year, as is their objective, that would allow the city to focus on testing the line in 2023, Morgan said.

"Depending on the performance of the system and the reliability of the system, we'll be able to at that point assess what's a realistic opening date," he said.

Several councillors put questions to Morgan about the new timelines, including Bay ward Coun. Theresa Kavanagh, whose ward will have seven stations once the western extension opens.

"It's a concern in terms of [whether there] will be rushing — because one of the issues we've had, in terms of the residents, is overnight work and those pushes to make up time," she said.

"This is in people's backyards, and this is very, very noisy and very close to them."

Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper also expressed worry about the impact of western LRT construction noise on residents, saying he wouldn't be "predisposed to providing noise exemptions."

"Let's hope they're able to make up some time," he said.

Morgan did not flag any delays Friday with the work to extend the Confederation Line eastward to Orléans. EWC has said they expect that extension to be ready by 2024.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/st...ion-trillium-line-delay-ottawa-1.6435603

[J.OT13]

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[J.OT13]

Posted by nalnal May 5th on the Trillium thread, but thought it should be posted on the East and West Stage 2 threads as well:

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[sseguin]

Stage 2 LRT Update - A Look at the Progress of the O-Train Expansion in Ottawa - May 2022

Recently, the City of Ottawa delivered an update on Stage 2 LRT progress in the city. Stage 2 expands the O-Train service in the East from Blair to Trim, in the West from Tunney's Pasture to Algonquin and Moodie, and in the South from Bayview to Limebank and the Airport.

In this video, I discuss and provide my take on some of the important progress being realized on these massive construction and infrastructure projects across the city.

The photos contained in this video were provided by the City of Ottawa and mostly date from Q2 2022.

00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - East Extension (Blair to Trim)
15:26 - West Extension (Westboro to Moodie and Algonquin)
33:36 - South Extension (Bayview to Limebank)
50:08 - Wrap Up and Closing



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[DarthVader_1961]

Originally Posted by sseguin

Stage 2 LRT Update - A Look at the Progress of the O-Train Expansion in Ottawa - May 2022

Recently, the City of Ottawa delivered an update on Stage 2 LRT progress in the city. Stage 2 expands the O-Train service in the East from Blair to Trim, in the West from Tunney's Pasture to Algonquin and Moodie, and in the South from Bayview to Limebank and the Airport.

In this video, I discuss and provide my take on some of the important progress being realized on these massive construction and infrastructure projects across the city.

The photos contained in this video were provided by the City of Ottawa and mostly date from Q2 2022.

00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - East Extension (Blair to Trim)
15:26 - West Extension (Westboro to Moodie and Algonquin)
33:36 - South Extension (Bayview to Limebank)
50:08 - Wrap Up and Closing



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Quite impressed with Lincoln fields station

[roger1818]

Originally Posted by DarthVader_1961

Quite impressed with Lincoln fields station

I have said this before, but personally I feel Lincoln Fields station is overbuilt as its importance will diminish, as several bus routes that currently serve it can be streamlined to bypass it, since transfers can be made at New Orchard Station instead. It will be important for transfers between lines 1 and 3, but those will hopefully be cross platform, and don't need significant infrastructure.

[Kitchissippi]

I think Lincoln Fields is a terribly designed station, off-peak transfers will likely involve climbing one level up and then back down to the third track. Not great if you’re mobility-impaired. Also, awful interface with Carling Ave, which means buses have to go through a time and energy wasting loop.

[DarthVader_1961]

Out of curiosity.. what happens to the old Lincoln fields station structures?

[HighwayStar]

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

I think Lincoln Fields is a terribly designed station, off-peak transfers will likely involve climbing one level up and then back down to the third track. Not great if you’re mobility-impaired. Also, awful interface with Carling Ave, which means buses have to go through a time and energy wasting loop.

agreed... I hope there's a valid reason why they just didn't build the station under Carling.. Build nice shelters by the road, buses could stop on Carling and everyone just walk down/up a level. When I was a frequent transit user, those loopy-loops were nauseating.