Wpg: Chief Peguis Trail Extension

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Peguis Trail done by 2009? Capital budget says yes
Money put aside for upgrade to Disraeli as well

Oct. 8, 2009

The City has begun tip-toeing towards extending Chief Peguis Trail to Lagimodiere Boulevard and other major capital projects in the area.

The City’s 2007 preliminary capital budget, released Jan. 12, pegged planning to begin on Chief Peguis Trail this year with major construction set to start in 2008 and end in the autumn of 2009.

The bridge connecting Henderson Highway with Main Street was completed 16 years ago as the first phase of a route designated in a 1960s transportation study that would provide an inner-beltway to move traffic across the city.

Currently, Springfield Road carries 16,000 cars a day, far more than it was designed to do said ward Coun. Jeff Browaty.

“Other streets nearby like McIvor and McLeod take far more traffic than they are designed to because there is no east-west route,” he said.

Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services applauds the decision after they’ve expressed their concerns to the City about receiving higher call volumes in an area littered with speed-bumps and crammed streets.

Deputy chief Ken Sim said the service is currently comparing travel times to historical records and are looking for ways “that make life less challenging for us.”

“Any improvement to (using Springfield Road) we would support because as you know that’s a fairly heavily travelled street and it means us having to oftentimes not take the most direct route,” he said.

But the green light was given to other major capital projects as well.

The budget includes funding to the Disraeli Freeway rehabilitation project, a $91-million venture to improve the degrading roadway.

And Coun. Browaty also said the City’s planning property and development department set money aside for trail development, including the Marconi Trail, which a local grassroots group has been designing for months

The group presented its plan to the East Kildonan-Transcona community committee on Jan. 15.

“We’re very excited,” Sigrun Bailey, co-chair of the River East Neighbourhood Network Trail Committee said.

“It’s very good news for North Kildonan,” Coun. Browaty added.

Too bad there wasn't a single shovel out the last time I went by the area that was supposed to be Chief Peguis.

[jmt18325]

You can't always stick to a plan exactly. Sometimes, there has to be shifting. The same thing happened with the provincial highways plan.

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

You can't always stick to a plan exactly. Sometimes, there has to be shifting. The same thing happened with the provincial highways plan.

True. Like many plans, they change, right?

I don't blame them. What we know now is that it will happen.

[Mininari]

Any updates on this project? It seems somewhat stalled...

[Kinguni]

Expected to begin in 2010. Funny how it keeps getting pushed back it seems.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by Kinguni

Expected to begin in 2010. Funny how it keeps getting pushed back it seems.

They are hoping on awarding the contract in mid July, so shortly. Construction should be this fall. The sticking point is that they are trying to include the underpass at Rothesay which added some significant dollars to the budget and I'm sure they are trying to sharpen their pencils as much as possible.

[Kinguni]

Originally Posted by Biff

The sticking point is that they are trying to include the underpass at Rothesay which added some significant dollars to the budget and

Thanks for the info. As far as I'm concerned, that underpass is an absolute necessity. Now if only they'd throw an underpass or 2 (or overpass) on Bishop Grandin.

[Mininari]

How many years before we see Kenaston to the PTH100 and Waverley directed westward? Either way, the Bishop Grandin / Waverley Intersection *really* needs grade separation. It is ridiculous how long you can wait for only 7 seconds of green light time heading certain directions at rush hour. Throw in big slow accelerating trucks, and dumbasses in the left lane who go 60 in an 80 zone, and you're hooped.

Hope to hear CPT U/C soon!

[The Jabroni]

I hope things get into action by the end of this year as well.

They're now even talking about extending CPT west to McPhillips, probably because the suburb Riverbend has grown, and opened a few businesses and apartment blocks there. Definitely a lot more traffic up there than it was when I was living around there 10 years ago.

[pegcity]

It's coming...

[Kinguni]

One of Winnipeg’s most talked-about street extension plans of the past decade is finally happening, much to the traffic relief of North Kildonan drivers.

The city is joining the Manitoba and federal governments in cost-sharing a $110-million project to stretch Chief Peguis Trail east from Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere Boulevard within the next two years, and officials will confirm the plan at the site Monday.

Coun. Jeff Browaty says traffic on the Peguis expressway will be funnelled beneath Rothesay Street at the midway point by an underpass rather than go through a regular, signalled intersection.

Story from the Winnipeg Sun

Hard to believe they're actually going to do it right.

[JayM]

Peguis Trail gets underpass
Cash in place for extra $45M after residents expressed safety fears

By: Bartley Kives

10/07/2010 1:00 AM | Comments: 1

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The heavy black line marks the Chief Peguis Trail extension. The underpass will be at Rothesay instead of a major intersection.

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The heavy black line marks the Chief Peguis Trail extension. The underpass will be at Rothesay instead of a major intersection.

The eastern extension of Chief Peguis Trail will include an underpass below Rothesay Street as part of a $110-million deal to build a freeway across North Kildonan without completely bisecting the River East neighbourhood.

The 2010 capital budget Winnipeg's city council has approved called for the city to spend $65.3 million to extend Chief Peguis Trail from Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere Boulevard. But area residents panned the original design, which included a major intersection at Rothesay Street they believed would be dangerous to junior high school students and other pedestrians forced to cross the new roadway.

As a result, city finance and construction officials explored the possibility of building a grade separation at Rothesay, knowing full well an underpass would create a bigger price tag for the project.

According to a report that comes before city council's public works committee on Tuesday, it will cost another $45 million to make the grade separation happen -- but the city, provincial and federal governments have agreed to come up with the cash.

"This is exactly what the neighbourhood is looking for," said North Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty, who said his constituents did not like the idea of a major intersection sprouting within a two-block radius of Chief Peguis Junior High School, River East Arena and three churches.

The Chief Peguis Trail extension design now calls for only one intersection between Henderson and Lagimodiere -- at Gateway Road, which will double as a stop for cyclists on the Northeast Pioneers Trail. Raleigh Street will be closed between Donwood Drive and Gilmore Avenue, as will DeVries Avenue near Springfield Road.

When the extension is complete, motorists should be able to drive across northeast Winnipeg without shortcutting into residential neighbourhoods, Mayor Sam Katz said.

"It would have been nice if all our streets were built with minimal stopping and starting," he said, citing the environmental benefits of reducing idling times on a project some opposition councillors have derided as a needless expansion of the city's regional road system.

The biggest chunk of new money for the project will come from the P3 Canada Fund, a pot of federal money dedicated to public-private partnerships. Ottawa has agreed to contribute $25 million through the P3 fund, while the Manitoba government will redirect $9 million from other projects to the Chief Peguis extension.

The city will be on the hook for the remaining $76 million, but not upfront, as the project will be designed, built, financed and maintained by a private construction consortium as a public-private partnership. The maintenance and buyback costs work out to $6.8 million a year over 30 years, according to the report before councillors.

The report lists a consortium called DBF2 Ltd. as the city's preferred partner for the job. But city officials are also free to keep negotiating with another consortium that didn't get the nod -- Plenary Roads -- which already has the contract for the $195-million Disraeli Freeway reconstruction.

If the public works committee approves it on Tuesday, the plan also faces executive policy committee on Wednesday and city council as a whole on July 21.

bartley.kives@freepress.mb.ca

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 10, 2010 B1

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by JayM

Peguis Trail gets underpass
Cash in place for extra $45M after residents expressed safety fears

By: Bartley Kives

10/07/2010 1:00 AM | Comments: 1

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The heavy black line marks the Chief Peguis Trail extension. The underpass will be at Rothesay instead of a major intersection.

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The heavy black line marks the Chief Peguis Trail extension. The underpass will be at Rothesay instead of a major intersection.

The eastern extension of Chief Peguis Trail will include an underpass below Rothesay Street as part of a $110-million deal to build a freeway across North Kildonan without completely bisecting the River East neighbourhood.

The 2010 capital budget Winnipeg's city council has approved called for the city to spend $65.3 million to extend Chief Peguis Trail from Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere Boulevard. But area residents panned the original design, which included a major intersection at Rothesay Street they believed would be dangerous to junior high school students and other pedestrians forced to cross the new roadway.

As a result, city finance and construction officials explored the possibility of building a grade separation at Rothesay, knowing full well an underpass would create a bigger price tag for the project.

According to a report that comes before city council's public works committee on Tuesday, it will cost another $45 million to make the grade separation happen -- but the city, provincial and federal governments have agreed to come up with the cash.

"This is exactly what the neighbourhood is looking for," said North Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty, who said his constituents did not like the idea of a major intersection sprouting within a two-block radius of Chief Peguis Junior High School, River East Arena and three churches.

The Chief Peguis Trail extension design now calls for only one intersection between Henderson and Lagimodiere -- at Gateway Road, which will double as a stop for cyclists on the Northeast Pioneers Trail. Raleigh Street will be closed between Donwood Drive and Gilmore Avenue, as will DeVries Avenue near Springfield Road.

When the extension is complete, motorists should be able to drive across northeast Winnipeg without shortcutting into residential neighbourhoods, Mayor Sam Katz said.

"It would have been nice if all our streets were built with minimal stopping and starting," he said, citing the environmental benefits of reducing idling times on a project some opposition councillors have derided as a needless expansion of the city's regional road system.

The biggest chunk of new money for the project will come from the P3 Canada Fund, a pot of federal money dedicated to public-private partnerships. Ottawa has agreed to contribute $25 million through the P3 fund, while the Manitoba government will redirect $9 million from other projects to the Chief Peguis extension.

The city will be on the hook for the remaining $76 million, but not upfront, as the project will be designed, built, financed and maintained by a private construction consortium as a public-private partnership. The maintenance and buyback costs work out to $6.8 million a year over 30 years, according to the report before councillors.

The report lists a consortium called DBF2 Ltd. as the city's preferred partner for the job. But city officials are also free to keep negotiating with another consortium that didn't get the nod -- Plenary Roads -- which already has the contract for the $195-million Disraeli Freeway reconstruction.

If the public works committee approves it on Tuesday, the plan also faces executive policy committee on Wednesday and city council as a whole on July 21.

bartley.kives@freepress.mb.ca

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 10, 2010 B1

Good.

This is tax dollars that are really put into good use this time, and North Kildonan residents have spoken!

Now, git'er done!!

[RTD]

I'm glad this is getting done, but it's sad to see that there will still be at-grade separations. Wasn't the intention of this "inner ring route" supposed to be a freeway-type of route?

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by RTD

I'm glad this is getting done, but it's sad to see that there will still be at-grade separations. Wasn't the intention of this "inner ring route" supposed to be a freeway-type of route?

From the long term plans, I'm sure it was the intention, with Bishop Grandin being the part of the grand scheme of things for this inner ring route.

[rrskylar]

Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 12, 2010 - On behalf of the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that the Government of Canada will contribute up to $25 million through the P3 Canada Fund towards the Chief Peguis Trail extension.

"Our Government believes that better infrastructure is essential to economic growth and competitiveness, and allows Canadians to enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world," said Minister Toews. "P3s are an innovative approach to infrastructure investment that will help improve our cities and communities. The extension to Chief Peguis Trail will get traffic off residential streets, making them safer for families, and it will improve the daily commute for Winnipeggers."

Minister Toews was joined at the event by his colleague, the Honourable Ron Lemieux, Manitoba Minister of Local Government, and by Jeff Browaty, City Councillor for North Kildonan, on behalf of Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz. The Province of Manitoba will invest up to $9 million to deliver necessary improvements to the Chief Peguis Trail. The remainder of the project's construction and maintenance costs will be financed by the City of Winnipeg and a private sector partner.

"Thanks to this agreement, the Chief Peguis Trail will be extended eastward by almost four kilometres from Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere Boulevard," Minister Lemieux said. "Motorists will have an easier time travelling from Main Street to the East End while North Kildonan residents will see a dramatic reduction in the number of cars and trucks on their neighbourhood streets."

"The growth of northeast Winnipeg has generated the need for improved east-west traffic routes," explained Councillor Browaty.
"Phase 2 of the Chief Peguis Trail will help remove pass-through traffic from local streets, offer recreational and active transportation trails and provide opportunities for sustainable growth."

"Public-private partnerships bring together important public infrastructure initiatives and the expertise of the private sector," said Greg Melchin, Chair of PPP Canada. "PPP Canada is committed to making this happen in a way that ensures value for Canadian taxpayers."

The Project will also include noise walls and berms to reduce traffic noise; landscaping; and multi-use pathways to encourage walking and cycling. The funding will support the Public Service's recommendation to Council to construct the underpass at Rothesay as part of the Chief Peguis Trail extension.

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For more information about the Chief Peguis Trail Project, visit:

http://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/M...efPeguisTrail/

[rrskylar]

Trail picks up speed

Chief Peguis expressway gets federal, provincial funds

By CHRIS KITCHING, Winnipeg Sun

Winnipeggers have waited almost 20 years for the Chief Peguis Trail to be extended and the waiting game continues for at least two more.

At a cost of $110 million, construction of the long-awaited expressway expansion through North Kildonan will begin in the spring of 2011 with completion targeted for the fall of 2012, said North Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty.

Chief Peguis Trail will be extended from Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere Boulevard on vacant land set aside two decades ago.

A public report released last week contained details of the 3.7-kilometre expansion. Government representatives announced a cost-sharing deal Monday. The city and a private sector partner are picking up the bulk of the cost but the federal government is kicking in up to $25 million under the P3 Canada Fund and the province is adding up to $9 million.

Browaty said the additional cash will ensure an underpass is built at Rothesay Street. The underpass added about $40 million but would cost more if it was built later, Browaty said.

Earlier designs didn’t include an underpass but local residents demanded one in the name of safety. They feared children would have to cross the busy expressway at a standard intersection to get to and from several nearby schools.

The report listed crashes, traffic delays, signal costs and gas emissions as reasons for an underpass. The plan is still subject to city council approval.

The goal is to provide a quick route to accommodate heavy trucks and relieve congestion on residential streets off Henderson, including Springfield Road, which motorists use as shortcuts to Lagimodiere.

When this phase is complete Chief Peguis Trail will link Main Street to Lagimodiere. It’s part of a larger plan to create a ring road system within Winnipeg.

A private partner hasn’t been selected but the report, which goes before a lower committee Tuesday, recommends the firm DBF2 Ltd.

Chief Peguis Trail was recommended in a study in 1983. Phase one (Main to Henderson) was built in 1990 but the second phase stalled.

The concept plan calls for the expressway to be bordered by noise reduction walls, berms and paths for pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic will be funnelled beneath Rothesay at the midway point. The lone intersection between Henderson and Lagimodiere will be at Gateway Road. Parts of Raleigh and Molson streets, Springfield, and De Vries and Douglas avenues will be closed.

[rrskylar]

Good news:

EPC approves Chief Peguis Trail plan
By: Bartley Kives

City council's executive policy committee has voted to approve a plan to increase the scope of the eastern extension of the Chief Peguis Trail.
The new roadway between Henderson Highway and Lagimodiere Boulevard will now cost $110 million, up from $64 million, due to an underpass at Rothesay Street.
The underpass will make the roadway safer for pedestrians, North Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty has said.
The increased scope, however, will lead the city to make $2.9 million of extra payments every year under the terms of a public-private partnership deal that runs for 30 years.
The city is now within $2 million of a self-imposed limit on annual P3 payments.

[1ajs]

Winnipeg Free Press - ONLINE EDITION
Chief Peguis Trail extension to get bike, pedestrian bridge

By: Bartley Kives
Posted: 23/09/2010 3:45 PM



A bike-and-pedestrian bridge has been added to the Chief Peguis Trail extension — at no additional cost to a project pegged at $110 million, North Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty says.
Construction consortium DBF2 has started extending Chief Peguis Trail east toward Lagimodiere Boulevard. The project scope was increased in July to include an underpass at Rothesay Street.


The addition was desired by North Kildonan residents who were concerned an intersection at Rothesay would endanger pedestrians. The Winnipeg Trails Association also appeared before council in July to ask for a bike-and-pedestrian bridge where the future roadway will intersect the Northeast Pioneers Greenway, a busy bicycle-commuter route.
Today, Browaty and city officials said the pedestrian bridge has been added without amending the $110-million project budget. The Chief Peguis Trail extension is a public-private partnership.
The Northeast Pioneers Greenway runs along a former rail line, between Raleigh Street and Gateway Road.

[Reed Solomon]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

The Northeast Pioneers Greenway runs along a former rail line, between Raleigh Street and Gateway Road.

and still a potential future light rail line

all the same, this is the one bike path that makes some sense. It intersects with the gateway bike path which is pretty good and always busy in the summer unfortunately, it doesn't close off any roads downtown, is there any way we can make this bike path an inconvenience to everyone involved? It just doesn't feel like a winnipeg bike path without some sort of insane stupidity to go along with it.