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*From:* Dillon Consulting Limited [mailto:lhastie=dillon.ca@cmail19.com] *On
Behalf Of *Dillon Consulting Limited
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 12, 2017 10:23 AM
*Subject:* Waverley Underpass - Construction Update
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*Waverley Underpass *
*Construction Update #3*
Fall is here and the next phase in the construction of the Waverley
Underpass will begin shortly.
[image: Rounded Rectangle: Click here to learn more about this exciting
project.]
*Construction Work to Date*
Preliminary works on the road and rail detour, intersection improvements,
and reconstruction of Waverley between Taylor and Grant are nearing
completion.
*Temporary Weekend Closure*
To complete final detour construction work there will be a temporary
weekend closure of the project area.
· Closure starts Friday, September 29, 2017 at 5:30pm
· Closure ends Monday, October 2, 2017 at 6:00am
· The project area will be closed to all vehicles, pedestrians, and
cyclists, refer to map at right for details
· Property owners will have access via other routes and access
points
· Additional communications will occur if closure dates change or
the closure dates need to be extended
*Detour Restrictions*
On Monday, October 2, 2017 immediately following the weekend closure,
traffic will begin operating on the Waverley Detour roadway.
A multi-use path for pedestrians and cyclists will be provided along the
west side of the detour. The detour will cross the CN Mainline at a
temporary at grade crossing.
While traffic is operating on the detour, a number of turning movement
restrictions will be in place. Refer to the Detour Map at right for
details. Detour turn restrictions include:
• Eastbound Taylor at Waverley (detour) must turn right
• Northbound Waverley (detour) at Taylor, no left turn
• Southbound Waverley at Taylor, no left turn
*Future Construction Work*
With traffic on the detour, construction of the Underpass Bridge and
roadway will proceed over the following two years. Traffic is expected to
transition back under the new underpass in the Fall of 2019.
*For additional information please contact Lea Hastie, Dillon Consulting
Limited, lhastie(a)dillon.ca <lhastie(a)dillon.ca>, 204-453-2301
<(204)%20453-2301>*
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Dillon Consulting Limited
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Winnipeg, MB, R3T 0Y4
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www.dillon.ca
*Imagination could give Arlington Bridge new life *
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/imagination-could-give-
arlington-bridge-new-life-442716493.html
THE three graceful arches of the old Arlington Bridge have cast their
curving shadows on Winnipeg’s central rail yards for 105 years. It’s become
a quintessentially Winnipeg experience to ascend the bridge’s steep ramp
and cross its narrow deck as the rhythm of steel girders ticks by. The
sweeping panorama — a rarity in a flat city — lays out below, with rows of
trains vanishing into the horizon, the downtown skyline rising over an elm
tree canopy beyond.
Few bridges provide an experience as unique as Arlington, and even fewer
provide a better story. The prevailing legend explains that the ramps are
so steep because the bridge, built in England, was actually designed to
span the Nile River. When a contract fell through, the structure was
offered to Winnipeg on the cheap and shoehorned into the site. Built
specifically to run streetcars to the North End, the steep ramps prevented
a single trolley from ever crossing.
With all its quirks, calls for the bridge’s replacement go back more than
70 years. This month, the City of Winnipeg will begin public consultation
for the design of a new $300-million bridge, with more lanes, better
emergency vehicle and transit access and less-steep ramps for pedestrians
and cyclists. Public art will attempt to make themodern roadway more
visually appealing.
The starting point for public consultation assumes the old bridge will be
demolished, specifically identifying that it cannot be repurposed to
another use. The steep ramps and aging structure are provided as anecdotal
reasons for this decision, but no formal study identifying the criteria
used in this assessment has been made public.
It is undoubtedly easiest to simply demolish the Arlington Bridge and build
a new concrete roadway, but without thoroughly investigating its reuse, are
we missing an important opportunity to create something special for our
city?
Cities across North America have demonstrated that with a little
imagination, bridges at the end of their service lives can be reborn as
important community spaces and even tourist attractions that breathe new
life into inner-city neighbourhoods.
New York’s High Line established the model in 2009, transforming an
abandoned elevated rail corridor into a 2.5-kilometre-long urban park.
Other cities have successfully followed suit. Chicago, Minneapolis and even
Chattanooga, Tenn., have all transformed old bridges into dynamic public
spaces.
Most closely related to the Arlington Bridge is 11th Street Bridge in
Washington, D.C., where a modern span was constructed next to a
decommissioned older bridge that was slated to be demolished. Community
groups rallied together to propose an ambitious project; using the old
structure to create a 300-metre-long, multi-functional community space,
connecting two neighbourhoods and new public parks on either side.
A goal was set to create a place of pride that will stitch together two
long-divided neighbourhoods, establishing a community node and regional
destination that acts as an economic catalyst by providing employment
within the park and drawing visitors to the community and its surrounding
commercial streets.
An international design competition was held and won by the Office for
Metropolitan Architecture, with a dramatic scheme of terraced lawns, parks
and playgrounds, as well as a café, amphitheatre, education centre and
space for community agriculture gardens and neighbourhood vendors.
Through a public fundraising campaign and support from the civic
government, much of the US$50-million construction cost has been raised and
the park is slated to open in 2019. When complete, a simple roadway will be
reborn as a cultural and social amenity for the entire city, bringing new
opportunity to a struggling neighbourhood.
Ambitious community-led projects such as the 11th Street Bridge should
inspire us in Winnipeg to dream and to be creative when it comes to our
infrastructure investments. We should ask ourselves, is the old Arlington
Bridge an opportunity to create something that is a similar source of
pride, recreation and economic growth? The reuse of the old Disraeli Bridge
piers to support a new active-transportation corridor is an excellent
precedent for this type of creative thinking.
The Arlington Bridge and its importance to the surrounding communities
deserve a unique effort to investigate its reuse within the current public
consultation exercise. There are many creative ideas to be explored that
might use the old bridge in new ways without the structural requirements of
vehicular traffic.
With the new span slated to be built beside the old, is there an
opportunity to connect the two in the middle? Maybe we demolish all but the
centre arched spans, transforming them into a dramatic public space for the
new bridge. Could the money earmarked for public art be redirected to
develop the old bridge into a public space accessed from the new, with its
lower slope ramps and bike lanes? Could the old bridge become the active
transportation component of the new, with new ramps built only for cyclists
and pedestrians? Could the ramps become landscaped terraces? Should we hold
a design competition to invite the world to dream about the possibilities?
Imagine public gardens, vendors, gathering and performance spaces on the
old bridge, connecting parkland and recreational pathways that reach into
the surrounding communities.
Imagine watching the sunset between those steel arches, surrounded by trees
and grasses, an injection of nature uniquely floating over an industrial
site. Imagine a children’s playground and interpretive centre, teaching
future generations about our city’s history on a piece of its history.
Imagine a public place that improves quality of life in the inner city and
is powerful enough to draw together residents from every neighbourhood.
Just imagine, Winnipeg.
* Brent Bellamy is chairman of Centre Venture ’s board and the creative
director at Number Ten Architectural Group.*
Sorry if you may have already seen this request. Ciclovia organizers need
volunteers. Please help if you can.
*Ciclovia Volunteer Position 1*
Would you be willing to help us for 4 hours on September 10th, ensuring
folks using the car free streets are safe as they make their way to
Manyfest? We are looking for Ciclovia marshals for shifts from
10:30am-2:30pm and 2:00pm-6pm. We will supply safety vests, stop signs and
instructions. You will meet us at Broadway & Memorial and will need a bike
in order to locate yourself at an intersection along the Ciclovia route,
which runs from the north to the west end of the city. As a volunteer, we
will
provide you with a Manyfest t-shirt, food truck voucher and snacks. Please
contact Jennie at fetejockey(a)gmail.com if interested.
*Ciclovia Volunteer Position 2*We are looking for volunteers to help us
administer a 60 sec intercept survey at Ciclovia (September 10th). Shifts
are from 10:30am-2:30pm and 2:00pm-6pm. You would be asked to approach the
public randomly (on Broadway between Osborne St and Edmonton St) to
undertake the Ciclovia Point of Origin and Opinion Intercept Survey.
Instructions and link to survey will be provided by the Downtown BIZ
(please meet us at Broadway & Memorial). Fill in the surveys for folks on
Survey Monkey with your
smart phone (or fill in paper copies). Provide a sticker to those who
have taken the survey. As avolunteer, we will provide you with a Manyfest
t-shirt, food truck voucher and snacks. Please contact Jennie at
fetejockey(a)gmail.com if interested
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*Fête Jockey *is Winnipeg's production company for kick ass events. Founded
in 2016 by visual artist Jennie O (O'Keefe) and theatre entrepreneur
Andraea Sartison, Fête Jockey specializes in uniquely crafted cultural
events that expertly intertwine the best of Winnipeg artists, with high
profile public occasions. Together, Sartison & O'Keefe boast years of
experience as event planners, theatre producers, art
curators/consultants/teachers, producers and promoters- working with a
multitude of organizations including University of Winnipeg, The Forks,
Bike Week Winnipeg, One Trunk Theatre, Martha Street Studio, Art City, MAWA
and Theatre Projects Manitoba. Fête Jockey uses events to highlight local
products, organizations and initiatives while directly engaging the diverse
artistic community of Winnipeg. The company is dedicated to hiring artists
and investing 3% of their annual profit back into grassroots arts
initiatives in our one great city.
