London Roads

[MolsonExport]

Bostwick is so south it might as well be in Port Stanley. NW London has gotten diddly squat in the 16 years I have lived here.

[haljackey]

16 years? NW London had the Hyde Park Road & Oxford widening a few years ago, and the Fanshawe Park Road widening a few years before that.

I think Sunningdale and Hyde Park is going to get a roundabout? I know that is in the works for the other major intersections on Sunningdale (excluding Richmond)

Oxford could also get some widening soon toward the west city limits.

Wonderland 6-laning is proposed/studied between Southdale and Sarnia. 4-laning on Sarnia is also proposed from Hyde Park to Wonderland.


What else does NW London need? Well the BRT to Western & Masonville was cancelled, at least for now. That Gainsbrough-Windemere bridge could be a good link to take some stress off of Fanshawe. Wonderland could also get 4-laned from Fanshawe to Sunningdale, and of course 4-laning of Sunningdale needs to happen soon too.

I could also see some 6-laning on Fanshawe between Wonderland and North Centre Road, as well as 6 lanes on Richmond from Western to Fanshawe (now that BRT is cancelled, there is room).

[jammer139]

Council approving Southdale Rd improvements between Wickerson and Bramblewood for $875k.


Likely not what this road really requires which is a reconstruction to a 4 lane road.



https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=77732

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by haljackey

16 years? NW London had the Hyde Park Road & Oxford widening a few years ago, and the Fanshawe Park Road widening a few years before that.

I think Sunningdale and Hyde Park is going to get a roundabout? I know that is in the works for the other major intersections on Sunningdale (excluding Richmond)

Oxford could also get some widening soon toward the west city limits.

Wonderland 6-laning is proposed/studied between Southdale and Sarnia. 4-laning on Sarnia is also proposed from Hyde Park to Wonderland.


What else does NW London need? Well the BRT to Western & Masonville was cancelled, at least for now. That Gainsbrough-Windemere bridge could be a good link to take some stress off of Fanshawe. Wonderland could also get 4-laned from Fanshawe to Sunningdale, and of course 4-laning of Sunningdale needs to happen soon too.

I could also see some 6-laning on Fanshawe between Wonderland and North Centre Road, as well as 6 lanes on Richmond from Western to Fanshawe (now that BRT is cancelled, there is room).

I am not talking about vehicular road infrastructure.

We waited 10 years for the folks to put in a (bare bones) park where such a park was clearly allocated in the planning documents when we purchased our house a decade prior). And this only occurred because a bunch of us went down to city hall and raised the issue during several meetings. My previous attempts (emails, phone calls) were brushed off with bs about how the city hasn't assumed the land yet....even though brand new areas in other sections were getting parks before the houses went in. I recall asking whether the park would be competed by the time my son (who hadn't even been born yet when we bought) graduated from Western.

I pay nearly $8K in municipal taxes, and the bang I get for my buck is extremely tiny.

[Pimpmasterdac]

Get ready for more bike lanes and one way streets downtown! Dundas place will now have "temporary" 2-way bike traffic, and one way east bound vehicles traffic. Another reason to avoid this urban wasteland https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=77793

[Djeffery]

That doesn't sound like it will be as big a deal as people will try to make it out to be. I don't remember the last time I actually drove westbound on Dundas west of Wellington since you have to go up to Queens if you want to go west of downtown anyway.

[haljackey]

Article:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/dundas-place-could-lose-vehicle-lane-bike-traffic-1.5926452

With King Street losing a lane for BRT construction, maybe some of that traffic could be rerouted to Dundas. 1 EB lane would flow better vs 2 directions so this will actually relieve King a bit.

Once the King BRT (along with the full downtown loop) is done, the question remains where the bike lanes will be downtown. Dundas is the only option since King and Queen get maxed out for the BRT lane. Would Dundas remain 1 lane, or bike/pedestrian only?
-York is tight and would have to lose a lane each way to get bike lanes. Maybe Dufferin?

[jaradthescot]

Dundas should be pedestrian, cyclists, and pick-up-drop-off only for autos; no through traffic. This can be accomplished by infrastructure forcing cars to turn N/S after every block along Dundas. This allows businesses to keep their parking for retail/restaurant customers but will heavily reduce traffic flow.

[Djeffery]

March 15 sees the start of construction on Highbury at the river south of Hamilton Rd. Hopefully they are able to get moving on it quicker this year than they were last year as Covid hit right at the start of construction season.

[haljackey]

I doubt it- this is essentially a mirror image of last year's project.

I'm surprised the newly reconstructed side of the bridge didn't include a shoulder.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by haljackey

I doubt it- this is essentially a mirror image of last year's project.

I'm surprised the newly reconstructed side of the bridge didn't include a shoulder.

I'm thinking because they know how to deal with COVID and that we aren't on the upswing of it like last year at this time, that they might be able to get things going quicker. Plus the lane shifts will be quicker to set up with the median already cut for them. The signs for last year are still up and say April 2020 for when the lane reductions started so they are starting earlier anyway. As for the shoulders, they didn't really change the bridge, they just redecked it, so it didn't have any more space to put those in than before.

[jammer139]

Signs up alerting to the Clarke Rd bridge being closed starting Mar 22nd thru to May. Expect Highbury to be very busy thru this spring.

[MolsonExport]

again? Wasn't it closed last year?

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

again? Wasn't it closed last year?

And the year before. Not sure what they are doing this year. The prior closures were short term to do some minor rehab to each lane without closing it for a longer term in one shot.

[Djeffery]

I drove up Clarke today and noticed for the first time (not sure why I missed it before) that it seems like they split the bridge into 3 segments and that 2 of the segments have been refinished. Which explains why it's being closed again. Not sure why they didn't do it in one or 2 stages, it's not like they are renovating the entire thing the way they are doing on Highbury south of Hamilton. At least this time the are being more realistic with the posted timeframe for the closure, unlike the last couple years where it said 4 or 5 weeks and taking a couple months.

[Djeffery]

Also, Dundas is now closed east of Adelaide for the next phase of sewer work in Old East.

[jammer139]

Project link - https://london.ca/newsroom/public-servic...et-infrastructure-renewal-project-begins


The aspirational artist rendering of young urban hipsters moving about that stretch of Dundas will only happen when gentrification takes hold if ever. It is just as likely to get far worst then improve I'm afraid.

Originally Posted by Djeffery

Also, Dundas is now closed east of Adelaide for the next phase of sewer work in Old East.

[jammer139]

City plans to expropriate lands for Richmond and Fanshawe rebuild. The business on SE corner looks like it will be demolished.


https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=78527

[jammer139]

King is now closed between Richmond and Clarence. Explains why Ayerswood moved the construction site access to the parking lot access off Clarence.

[Djeffery]

Clarke Road is now open again between Huron and Fanshawe.