Winnipeg Construction X

[buzzg]

That would be amazing.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by Biff

^^^Steinbach Credit Union - Kenaston - Literally any day now.

Damn. I was hoping the global economic crisis would make them think twice about wasting millions of their member’s dollars.

[trueviking]

I noticed one of the replacement trees they planted on Broadway is a Lilac. Will be about 15 feet tall. I really wish they designed the tree canopy instead of just planting whatever falls off the truck.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by trueviking

I noticed one of the replacement trees they planted on Broadway is a Lilac. Will be about 15 feet tall. I really wish they designed the tree canopy instead of just planting whatever falls off the truck.

Couldn't agree more. Pick a species that is safe, maybe birch. Some roadways only lined by poplar somewhere would be excellent too. And other species as well. Whatever works. We need to keep the canopy as much as we can.

[trueviking]

The city has 11 species of approved large shade tree. Plant those and only those on boulevards. Old houses need shade.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by trueviking

The city has 11 species of approved large shade tree. Plant those and only those on boulevards. Old houses need shade.

Where is the like button on this site?

What are the 11 species?

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by trueviking

The city has 11 species of approved large shade tree. Plant those and only those on boulevards. Old houses need shade.

Do you have a link to these 11?

[WinCitySparky]

Nevermind found it

https://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/park...une_1_2017.pdf

[Labroco]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

Fence
Location: 634 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
Architect: Midwest Fence Company
Developers: Private Pension Partners
Size: 25'x100'x5'
Completed: 2020
Budget: $12,000
Project Thread: TBD
Status: Complete

I wonder how long it took to get that fence permit?

Is it even zoned for that?

Did it need a design review?

Does an inspector need to sign off on it?

Is there a fence erection fee??? LOL

[Labroco]

Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Couldn't agree more. Pick a species that is safe, maybe birch. Some roadways only lined by poplar somewhere would be excellent too. And other species as well. Whatever works. We need to keep the canopy as much as we can.

Poplar and Birch not a great choice... Oak would work.

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by buzzg

A bunch more trees on Broadway (east) were removed recently. It's been absolutely decimated there are not very many mature trees left. Some have been replaced (2019) but with most of them dying out, and the Broadway streetscape looking worn, I'd really like to see a whole new plan for the street, it needs some love desperately. Would like to see the boulevards be taken advantage of in a better way.

The acceleration of Dutch Elm disease across the city is just sad, everywhere I ride I see large elms with orange dots and tags destined for removal, won’t be long before the whole city looks like Transcona!

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by Labroco

Poplar and Birch not a great choice... Oak would work.

Oak is not a great choice. Being a hardwood they take forever to grow. There is also an oak specific disease in the province now that is taking those trees out.

[DirtWednesday]

Originally Posted by CoryB

Pre-pandemic thinking but would be nice to see the middle of the street perhaps become a dedicated food truck area in summer. Perhaps four trucks (two east, two west) at each cross street with tables/benches etc in the middle.

In winter perhaps an extension of the skating trail/warming huts?

I had an idea once upon a time in a bygone era of designating parking for food trucks within the boulevard space that had hard lines for plumbing and electric (to get rid of the noisy generators). The vendors would rent their space, paying for their utilities. We'd have seating, canopies, CRUs lining Broadway, maybe even a market. A small Winnipeg version of Barcelona's Las Ramblas. And it's downtown, so maybe we can also have pick pockets and ladies of the night prowling up and down to give the tourists some excitement!

[Gm0ney]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Nevermind found it

https://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/park...une_1_2017.pdf

That's a pretty short list.

Manitoba Maple (not pretty, weak branches prone to breaking)
Silver Maple (3 varieties...not a great tree in alkaline soils - also weak branches)
Bur Oak (directions: invent time machine, plant 60 years ago)
Basswood (these are pretty good - nice looking, grow fast, resilient)
American Elms (how resistant are the DED resistant ones?)
Siberian Elm (...yeesh)

Too bad all the ash trees are off the list.

[drew]

I think the reality is that replacing these mature trees is far more difficult than maintaining the existing urban canopy.

DED (IMO) has been able to spread quickly because the City has all but given up on routine maintenance of the trees.

I have lived in Wolseley for 15 years now - and City crews have come along to prune the trees once in that time. Once.

My street has lost about 50% of the mature elms in the past 5 years.

We now have a small Ohio Buckeye in the front boulevard. But it is struggling.

[peg]

Originally Posted by Gm0ney

That's a pretty short list.

Manitoba Maple (not pretty, weak branches prone to breaking)
Silver Maple (3 varieties...not a great tree in alkaline soils - also weak branches)
Bur Oak (directions: invent time machine, plant 60 years ago)
Basswood (these are pretty good - nice looking, grow fast, resilient)
American Elms (how resistant are the DED resistant ones?)
Siberian Elm (...yeesh)

Too bad all the ash trees are off the list.

There are only a few culitvars of American Elm that are dutch elm resitant... they, unfortunalty, do not have the greatest form. Maybe With GMO's we will have a DE resistent tree evetnually...

With climate change and improvements in nursury practices we may also see other species of trees become more useful here such as Honeylocust, and Amur corktree.

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by drew

the City has all but given up on routine maintenance of the trees.

Let's play "if you were a city councilor"

It is budget time and you have to pick one of the following choices:

- reduce the snow clearing budget
- cut transit funding
- have fewer police officers
- close the fire station in your ward
- sell the popular park in your ward to a developer
- close the public pool in your ward
- gut the tree maintenance budget.

[dmacc]

Originally Posted by CoryB

Let's play "if you were a city councilor"

It is budget time and you have to pick one of the following choices:

- reduce the snow clearing budget
- cut transit funding
- have fewer police officers
- close the fire station in your ward
- sell the popular park in your ward to a developer
- close the public pool in your ward
- gut the tree maintenance budget.

Slow the police budget. You're right though, you lose way less political points for cutting tree maintenance then any of the other programs mentioned.

[drew]

Originally Posted by CoryB

Let's play "if you were a city councilor"

It is budget time and you have to pick one of the following choices:

- reduce the snow clearing budget
- cut transit funding
- have fewer police officers
- close the fire station in your ward
- sell the popular park in your ward to a developer
- close the public pool in your ward
- gut the tree maintenance budget.

I get it - however the tree canopy does have an effect on residential property values (in my area of town, it has anecdotally been quoted as 10-20%)

My point was, we can mourn the loss of the trees - but the only realistic way to keep the canopy is to invest in what we have now, and not wish oak trees grow faster.

And yes, please take some funding away from the Police to make this city more attractive. I am fully on board.

[Hecate]

Cut the police budget... No reason for constables to be making over $100,000 a year in a province whose average annual household Income is less than $70,000