General Infrastructure projects

[jammer139]

They City is working on a $7M plus infrastructure project to tunnel under Wharncliffe Rd just south of Riverside Dr to increase trunk sewer capacity.



A micro tunneling machine is being used to reduce disruption on Wharncliffe Rd.



https://london.ctvnews.ca/micro-tunn...ment-1.6895191

[jammer139]

Interesting move to shutdown one of their steam lines that supplies heating to 17 buildings downtown.


“After rigorous investigations, LDE has determined that, despite regular maintenance of the system equipment, portions of the steam system will become increasingly unreliable,” said Jason Brimble, an executive vice-president.


It wasn't that long ago they made a big investment in expanding their plant at Bathurst and Colborne streets.




https://lfpress.com/business/local-b...tem-shuts-down

[jammer139]

City is planning to do rehabilitation of the Byron bridge to extend its life until such time as a replacement bridge is built.


Byron Bridge was originally constructed in 1965 and is located on Boler Road over the
Thames River (Figure 1). The structure is a five span precast concrete girder bridge and
supports an average daily traffic volume of 21,000 vehicles per day and a significant
number of pedestrians and cyclists. The structure has a sidewalk on the west side and
supports a watermain and a sanitary sewer



https://pub-london.escribemeetings.c...umentId=109046

[jammer139]

Replacement water reservoir is twice the size of previous one in Byron. Now under construction at cost of $48M.



https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...ruction-london

[jammer139]

Of note apparently staff say a sewer capacity project for the Forks of the Thames will be built in 2025 that will support an additional 17,000 units in the core during PEC today.

"Downtown councillor David Ferreira, who isn’t a member of the committee, also pointed to a sewage collection line that’s due to be built in 2025 under the fork of the Thames, which staff say will add 17,000 housing units of capacity."

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...w-london-homes