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Originally Posted by AuxTown
It doesn't take 8 weeks to get concrete to cure. THis project could have been a 2 week closure with better planning and round-the-clock construction. Instead, we are inconveniencing 140000 drivers daily in each direction. What other city would tolerate this???
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They're currently assembling a drill rig in the closure, so this is going to be a significant footing. That isn't really a surprise considering the wind loads on a highway sign, but still not just a case of knocking out the median and pouring a block of concrete like you might for a streetlight.
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Originally Posted by OTownandDown
Do you mean the Queensway station on-ramp? The one that's been taken over by regular traffic? It's connected to the Pinecrest exit ramp via a very long extra lane. What I'm arguing for is to drastically shorten the on-ramp to the bare minimum, then shift the through-lanes. I know it's complicated and requires re-painting everything (perhaps) but unacceptable to just have traffic backed up all the way through downtown every single day just for a goddam sign. Government bureaucracy sprinkled with project managers and a dash of 'design by committee' in Toronto is a nightmare for no reason.
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Yes, the ramp from Queensway station. While it doesn't have many buses on the upper level, it serves the Transitway and buses from downtown to Bayshore. Having loaded buses merge onto a highway with a "bare minimum" on-ramp is probably a non-starter.
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