Winnipeg Roads & Infrastructure - Page 27

bomberjet · #**521** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 2:06 PM**

Open house boards are posted for the Marion Widening functional design. Looks pretty interesting! 5 various options. Single point diamond interchange, demolishing the neighbourhood, staying on Marion, etc. So we'll see what the public feedback is and what is the preferred approach.

Direct link to PDF's.
http://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/Major...une2014-EN.pdf

Biff · #**522** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Open house boards are posted for the Marion Widening functional design. Looks pretty interesting! 5 various options. Single point diamond interchange, demolishing the neighbourhood, staying on Marion, etc. So we'll see what the public feedback is and what is the preferred approach.

Direct link to PDF's.
http://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/Major...une2014-EN.pdf

....sorry, I found an existing thread for this project and put it in there.

bomberjet · #**523** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 2:23 PM**

Sounds good Biff, didn't know there was a thread.

bomberjet · #**524** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 5:57 PM**

http://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/Major...ss/default.asp

Waverley Underpass site posted. Says June 2014 meeting announcement coming soon.

Red is study area, blue is intersection upgrades and orange is underpass location.

esquire · #**525** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 6:04 PM**

So the city has given up on the Sheegl route that would have put the underpass east of the existing railway crossing?

roccerfeller · #**526** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 7:24 PM**

Can anyone comment as to what types of intersection improvements may occur for that stretch (re: waverly underpass project)

bomberjet · #**527** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 10:40 PM**

There's various options being looked at for the underpass, but it will basically go "where it should". So where the road and track cross as it sits right now. The road diversion was supposed to go on the west side, track shoofly to the south. That's all being looked at vs. construction staging etc.

The intersection improvements will just be stuff like turning lanes, etc. nothing fancy. I couldn't see roundabouts going in at any of those locations. Or overpasses for that matter.

Another kind of funny point with the underpass. The fancy Piazza de Nardi sign, with the globe, is built on City property. Apparently it's going to be a big fight with the owner. But it's basically "you built your sign on my property, it's gone".

cllew · #**528** Posted **Jun 13, 2014, 10:47 PM**

Piazza de Nardi may have a lease with the city to use that land so as long as the city gives notice as required under contract they have no recourse.

They would not be the first company to lease "banked" land from the city and have to move things because the project the land was banked for actually started.

bomberjet · #**529** Posted **Jun 14, 2014, 12:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

Piazza de Nardi may have a lease with the city to use that land so as long as the city gives notice as required under contract they have no recourse.

They would not be the first company to lease "banked" land from the city and have to move things because the project the land was banked for actually started.

That's true, and I think you may be right now that I think of it. From what I heard, it was going to be a sore point. So could very well be.

steveosnyder · #**530** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

http://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/Major...ss/default.asp

Waverley Underpass site posted. Says June 2014 meeting announcement coming soon.

Red is study area, blue is intersection upgrades and orange is underpass location.

I love that both of the contacts with Dillion Construction were former City of Winnipeg employees...

bomberjet · #**531** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 4:26 PM**

So the City should know exactly what they're getting then. There's really only so many companies around these parts that can handle this type of work. Seriously. Maybe I should rephrase that, there's only so many companies that are capable of this type of project. There's probably 4 or 5 and they get their share of work.

Dillon's high profile with their transitway thing. MMM does a lot of stuff, like the Marion thing. Morrison Herschfield is in on the Kenaston/Bishop fly-over, same with Dillon and Stantec. AECOM is in on a lot of these projects as well. Other than that, nobody else is qualified. Maybe GENIVAR, or whatever they're called, but there's not really too big into transportation around here.

CoryB · #**532** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 6:13 PM**

There is also the group that built the Perimeter overpass for CentrePort Way.

Biff · #**533** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by CoryB

There is also the group that built the Perimeter overpass for CentrePort Way.

SNC-Lavalin was the group that built CentrePort. The division of SNC that does road work is based out of BC. Apparently they didn't like how things went on that project and will likely not be back to this province. Don't ask for details because I don't have them. This is just from talking to people involved with the project.

bomberjet · #**534** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 6:53 PM**

From what I heard, all the SNC folks were 30 years of age managers who didn't know shit. That was the problem.

Biff · #**535** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

From what I heard, all the SNC folks were 30 years of age managers who didn't know shit. That was the problem.

Could very well be. I really don't have a clue. I had heard that they were not familiar with Manitoba soil conditions which was much of the cause of the problems with the rail overpass and retaining wall on the Perimeter. They just thought because they built big projects in BC they knew what to do.

bomberjet · #**536** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 7:16 PM**

I think you're pretty much on the nose there. We have an SNC office here in Winnipeg. Not sure what they really do in terms of large scale road projects. But if they brought people in from BC, I'm guessing they don't do much around here.

rrskylar · #**537** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

SNC-Lavalin was the group that built CentrePort. The division of SNC that does road work is based out of BC. Apparently they didn't like how things went on that project and will likely not be back to this province. Don't ask for details because I don't have them. This is just from talking to people involved with the project.

Guess that explains why CentrePort is so uneven and already in crappy condition, thought it was just a poor job.

drew · #**538** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

Could very well be. I really don't have a clue. I had heard that they were not familiar with Manitoba soil conditions which was much of the cause of the problems with the rail overpass and retaining wall on the Perimeter. They just thought because they built big projects in BC they knew what to do.

Well maybe it's just as well they don't do anymore work here then..!

Yikes!

Biff · #**539** Posted **Jun 16, 2014, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

I think you're pretty much on the nose there. We have an SNC office here in Winnipeg. Not sure what they really do in terms of large scale road projects. But if they brought people in from BC, I'm guessing they don't do much around here.

The SNC we have here locally is more of a property and building owner maintenance consultant. SNC is a large company with many divisions.

bomberjet · #**540** Posted **Jun 17, 2014, 4:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

What a great source of information (hint don't put up a website and post links to it if there is no information)

http://transconawestroads.ca/the-project/

That site now has some stuff posted. All those roads are 2 lane paved. With two lanes future.