Winnipeg Roads & Infrastructure

[Kinguni]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

gues thats the deathto the rpid transit coridoor

I hope it gives them a reason to pick a better route for the eastern corridor. Sending it up Sutherland is a terrible idea.

[WinCitySparky]

^But how else am I going to get my shopping cart full of scavenged metal to Western Scrap?!

[Carboy15]

Originally Posted by Kinguni

I hope it gives them a reason to pick a better route for the eastern corridor. Sending it up Sutherland is a terrible idea.

Winnipeg city planners are dogwater. They will wait till it becomes too worn out to use anymore. Then they will finally need to replace it and they'd tell us, "We have no money." This will be the same cycle as the Arlington Bridge.

I wish that we could get LRT, but nope. We can't even replace our existing infrastructure.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Carboy15

Winnipeg city planners are dogwater. They will wait till it becomes too worn out to use anymore. Then they will finally need to replace it and they'd tell us, "We have no money." This will be the same cycle as the Arlington Bridge.

I wish that we could get LRT, but nope. We can't even replace our existing infrastructure.

its not the planners its the acountants planners fight for things constantly

[bomberjet]

We have people like Janice Lukes, Russ Wyatt and Jeff Browaty making the decisions for our City. Enough said.

[Carboy15]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

We have people like Janice Lukes, Russ Wyatt and Jeff Browaty making the decisions for our City. Enough said.

Those too need to think a bit more long term.

[bomberjet]

The Louise Bridge thing is frustrating.
http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/perm...40507(RM)PW-19

The plan is to rehab the bridge. Build a new one in 30 years. No transit bridge until then. Status quo.

[bomberjet]

$50 million to urbanize north Henderson referred to next years budget. Proposed work to occur from 2027-2030.

http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/perm...40507(RM)PW-11

[bomberjet]

Another one from that committee meeting. Assiniboine and Main St changes. But the report is recommended to be received as information.
http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/perm...40507(RM)PW-32

[Carboy15]

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...5.cms?from=mdr

Wonder if this would work in Winnipeg

[Biff]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

The Louise Bridge thing is frustrating.
http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/perm...40507(RM)PW-19

The plan is to rehab the bridge. Build a new one in 30 years. No transit bridge until then. Status quo.

I would think that this decision is due to the fact they don't 100% know yet how they want to run the East RTL. The bridge needs work now.

[bomberjet]

But they just spent millions of dollars on a transit master plan..

IMO I'd still prefer the run a dedicated corridor along the north side of CN through St.b. Then still do local improvements on Provencher, such as centre run diamond lanes, or something like that.

To effectively provide "rapid transit" service to anywhere east of lag, running busses in diamond lanes doesn't cut it. Need higher speed. IMO. But who am I? Not a transit engineer.

[WildCake]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

But they just spent millions of dollars on a transit master plan..

IMO I'd still prefer the run a dedicated corridor along the north side of CN through St.b. Then still do local improvements on Provencher, such as centre run diamond lanes, or something like that.

To effectively provide "rapid transit" service to anywhere east of lag, running busses in diamond lanes doesn't cut it. Need higher speed. IMO. But who am I? Not a transit engineer.

The plan does seem to point to the Louise Bridge being the BRT river crossing at this point. Regardless, we're a long ways away from a fully funded BRT project at this point. The city is in no position to fund even 1/3 of such a project, so there's no way it is ready to make an ask for provincial and federal dollars for support. Even if it was ready, it would take a several years before shovels are in the ground anyways. The Louise Bridge needs help now before it goes the way of Arlington.

[bomberjet]

Alls I'm saying is that we have no hope for transit improvements in the NE for 30 years, beyond the route reconfiguration happening in 2025. Unless the City changes plan again and builds rapid transit/bridge at some other location.

So I can expect nothing to change until I'm well into retirement. For some, the rest of their lives. If you're young enough, maybe during your working life.

I know this isn't the transit thread. But based on the priority rankling the City has. They plan to dump the Rose RT route on the old Louise Bridge. It says something to that effect in the committee meeting. Then build the bridge in 30 years. Like okay I guess..

[The Jabroni]

I know they want to run the Rose Line on or adjacent to the Louise Bridge, but with all things considered, if the Rose Line is on Sutherland going towards Higgins, why not continue past Higgins and run parallel to the CPKC bridge crossing and then continue towards the Nairn Overpass then join up with Nairn after? Why cross the Louise Bridge and then onto Nairn?

[bomberjet]

There has been talk and plans of re-routing to go off the end of Point Douglas over to Archibald area, put the bridge angled to connect with nairn east of La Salle hotel. etc.

That's my point. There's nothing in the cards for 30 years. So we can all just forget about it and move on.

And Im not just referring to wanting a new Lousie bridge. There's transit, AT, and general traffic flow in the NE. Standacona was supposed to be 4 laned to Gateway, which would alleviate traffic through the neighbourhoods. Upgraded AT routes that actually connect with each other. Some of that could be done with AT paths.

Anyways, I'm disappointed.