Snake Hill - aka Commissioners Rd

jammer139 · #1 Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 10:55 PM**

Well the topic of Snake Hill is back in the LFP.

This is tied into the early planning for the Byron gravel pit redevelopment.

http://www.lfpress.com/2017/11/16/pl...ron-gravel-pit

MolsonExport · #2 Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 3:52 AM**

time to slake that snake

Djeffery · #3 Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 3:48 PM**

The city staffer said that it will take a large amount of fill to go back in there. I wonder exactly how much they are talking about, considering the amount of trucks that have been taking stuff away for decades. We live near there, but I suspect we will be gone before we ever see this project finished lol

MrSlippery519 · #4 Posted **Nov 20, 2017, 1:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Djeffery

The city staffer said that it will take a large amount of fill to go back in there. I wonder exactly how much they are talking about, considering the amount of trucks that have been taking stuff away for decades. We live near there, but I suspect we will be gone before we ever see this project finished lol

Its a pretty substantial pit, could not even imagine how much fill will be needed.

Pretty exciting actually, more so for the development there in addition to Commissioners being fixed.

MolsonExport · #5 Posted **Nov 22, 2017, 6:29 PM**

How many snakes would be needed to slake that pit?

kaiserLDN · #6 Posted **Dec 1, 2017, 4:36 PM**

Display boards from the last meeting.

http://www.london.ca/residents/Envir...ds%20final.pdf

jammer139 · #7 Posted **Dec 1, 2017, 11:10 PM**

If I'm reading this right it appears that this extension is only going to be a 3 lane wide road.

If that is true then the people designing this need to consider a different career.

Please tell me I'm wrong and I've mis-read the document.

To build this extension it must be 4 lanes wide with left turn lanes at all intersections.

Commissioners Rd needs to be 4 lanes minimum west of Wonderland thru to Oxford.

To spend this kind of money and only get a 3 lane road is insane.

Djeffery · #8 Posted **Dec 2, 2017, 12:06 AM**

Read to me like the right of way for 4 lanes but only building a lane each way to start. Maybe by the time they get around to building in the 30's, they will do the 2 lanes each way. Not exactly sure where the uphill truck lane is supposed to be, if the whole length or just part of it.

ssiguy · #9 Posted **Dec 2, 2017, 9:09 PM**

I can certainly see the need to widen the road but I don't get the issue with it winding. What the problem?

jammer139 · #10 Posted **Jul 13, 2018, 10:54 PM**

Pit has been sold.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...-opportunities

jammer139 · #11 Posted **Aug 13, 2018, 12:30 PM**

Replacement of snake hill with new routing could still be 15-20 years away.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/..._autoplay=true