Regina Construction IV

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Dewdney Avenue redesign has Warehouse BID feeling some optimism

Information session purpose 'to showcase the final design' before construction, city says.



https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...-some-optimism

I am excited for this stretch of roadway to get an overhaul and some design love.

[Festivus]

I'm disappointed about the "future" option of a bike path...but I guess at least the sidewalks will be double-wide compared to normal, it looks like.

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by Festivus

I'm disappointed about the "future" option of a bike path...but I guess at least the sidewalks will be double-wide compared to normal, it looks like.

They'll revisit the bike lane issues when they repave the road in 15-20 years.

So we can just bike on the wide sidewalk?

[gecho111]

Not much to see at the Pinkie bridge site, just wrapped concrete curing. A tender was posted yesterday to clear some trees across from the rail car plant. I've also seen some excavator work being done by the golf course and old industrial site. Maybe the city forget to do the preliminary work ahead of time last year which lead to the road construction project getting delayed a year.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Such a successful rebranding rollout. (Palm to forehead)

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-ne...alized-slogans

[yveseluj]

I don't really have an issue with the re-branding of Tourism Regina to Experience Regina; it's whatever. But the subsequent slogans and brand rollout had been embarrassing and extraordinarily unprofessional.

[Festivus]

Yeah, the rebrand to Experience Regina, while corny (based on meme video from 20 years ago), is fine. But the two separate references to female genitalia ("Show us your Regina!" and "City that rhymes with fun") are unacceptable.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Festivus

Yeah, the rebrand to Experience Regina, while corny (based on meme video from 20 years ago), is fine. But the two separate references to female genitalia ("Show us your Regina!" and "City that rhymes with fun") are unacceptable.

It hilarious if your are a ten year old boy...in the 1970's.

[skphc08]

Originally Posted by gecho111

Not much to see at the Pinkie bridge site, just wrapped concrete curing. A tender was posted yesterday to clear some trees across from the rail car plant. I've also seen some excavator work being done by the golf course and old industrial site. Maybe the city forget to do the preliminary work ahead of time last year which lead to the road construction project getting delayed a year.

Where is this located exactly?

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by skphc08

Where is this located exactly?

Pinkie Rd and Wascana Creek.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by skphc08

Where is this located exactly?

Just west of the Joanne Goulet golf course

[Newstart]

Originally Posted by Stormer

It hilarious if your are a ten year old boy...in the 1970's.

Washington Post...and BBC have picked it up now.

One way to get the City on the Map...can't say its the right way...

[skphc08]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Pinkie Rd and Wascana Creek.

Thanks to both of you. Where might I find more information about this project?

It looks like they are ultimately going to have four lanes here. Is there really that much traffic [/planned] in this area?

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by skphc08

It looks like they are ultimately going to have four lanes here. Is there really that much traffic [/planned] in this area?

Most construction projects by the city don't get anything published about them. Sasktenders.ca has info when a project is put out for tender, but once it's tendered the documents are no longer available. Its usually 400-1000 pages of text (much of it contractual boilerplate), and some drawings in the appendix.

That road is going to be 2 lanes with a shoulder. The project would have been more useful before the bypass was built. To get to Dewdney you used to have to backtrack all the way to McCarthy. Traffic will pickup significantly as Coopertown is built out.

One issue is that the city had planned to have a major intersection at 9th N and Pinkie. But the province overrode them saying it was too close to the bypass, and already imposed turn restrictions there and may remove the intersection all together when 9th N is twinned between Courtney and the bypass.

[The mayor]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...es-vagina.html
Show us your Regina': Canadian town is slammed over 'gross' new $30k tourism campaign mocking fact city's name rhymes with vagina
I have no problem with the Slovak

[The mayor]

https://www.mpamag.com/ca/specialty/...upswing/440306
Overall competitive inventory has gone down,” Avison Young said in its latest market report. “The most notable building accounting for this change is Sask Energy Place, which moved from being part of the competitive inventory to being owner occupied.”

Some want good news

[gecho111]

While looking at recent edits to OpenStreetMap in the Regina area I noticed someone added a "pronunciation" tag yesterday. Apparently its pronounced: rɛ'dʒaɪnə

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Stormer

The current commodity boom in Saskatchewan, if sustainable, could really translate into another construction boom. Nutrien just announced that it is ramping up potash production to 18 million tonnes. At today's prices, that is over $20 billion/year. Add to that, expansions by Mosaic, K+S and BHP's acceleration of the Jansen project and we could have more GDP per capita from potash alone than some provinces have from all economic activity. This is happening at the same time as ag and energy prices skyrocket. The banks are already predicting that Saskatchewan will lead the country in real GDP, but this only tells part of the story. Real GDP does not take into account commodity price increases. These have pretty much tripled. Nominal GDP is a better measure of how much money is sloshing around in the economy and how much Government revenues are increasing. Watch for the nominal GDP figures as the year goes on.

And yes I realize the bubble can burst pretty quickly with inflation and interest rates are a big problem. Right know however, the stars are aligning for SK.

Quoting myself here. If anyone is wondering how the Government's revenue can increase so much on fairly modest real GDP growth, note this buried in the budget documents:

Saskatchewan’s nominal GDP is estimated to have
increased by 19.9 per cent in 2022 ($105.9 billion).

This will push our GDP per capita to likely 40% above the national average for 2022. I realize that there has been some softening in commodity prices but there is hope for a sustained economic resurgence.

[Newstart]

Originally Posted by The mayor

https://www.mpamag.com/ca/specialty/...upswing/440306
Overall competitive inventory has gone down,” Avison Young said in its latest market report. “The most notable building accounting for this change is Sask Energy Place, which moved from being part of the competitive inventory to being owner occupied.”

Some want good news

That kind of office vacancy remains not economically viable. It renders just about any building in downtown Regina less than what it cost to build...

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

What makes you think this would be sustained, unlike the boom of 2006-2012? And 40% GDP growth is nice, but not when it isn’t being shared with the people of the province (with the reminder that trickle down economics is not a thing).

I think that is why the government chose to pay down debt. That benefits everyone in the long term, but it also doesn't lock in future spending when revenues could be lower. Next year they are predicting only a 0.8% Nominal GDP growth which is actually lower than the real GDP growth forecast. Still, if nominal GDP is not falling, we are sustaining a very elevated level of economic activity.

The war in Ukraine and the related sanctions have disproportionately benefitted Saskatchewan. No one will invest in potash mines in Belarus or Russia, the #2 and #3 producers. Ukraine and Russia are two of the world's biggest grain exporters. Also energy security and climate concerns have given a massive boost to our Uranium industry.