Valley Line LRT | Downtown to Millwoods | Under Construction

[DanC]

Trees will grow though, what bugs me is they are spending money on concrete trackbed, when ballast and ties would work fine. The money they spent on the trackbed could have been used for more bridges or tunnels.

How would you use that in a 'barrier' free design?

[Edmonton PRT]

Trees will grow though, what bugs me is they are spending money on concrete trackbed, when ballast and ties would work fine. The money they spent on the trackbed could have been used for more bridges or tunnels.

Every try crossing raised travks with your bike?

[sundance]

If you look at the north east LRT you have a bike path right beside the rails, no fence. All you need is a higher curb, or low median to keep cars from slipping into the rails in the winter. We don't need to overbuild like they already did on the south portion with high medians, the post and chains on a concrete railbed.

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5505...7i13312!8i6656

[DanC]

If you look at the north east LRT you have a bike path right beside the rails, no fence. All you need is a higher curb, or low median to keep cars from slipping into the rails in the winter. We don't need to overbuild like they already did on the south portion with high medians, the post and chains on a concrete railbed.

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5505...7i13312!8i6656

There is almost no concrete rail bed on the LRT.
How would the NELRT leg support the integrated urban style of the SELRT?

[Sonic Death Monkey]

Closeups of the new river valley LRT bridge

[B.ike]

If you look at the north east LRT you have a bike path right beside the rails, no fence. All you need is a higher curb, or low median to keep cars from slipping into the rails in the winter. We don't need to overbuild like they already did on the south portion with high medians, the post and chains on a concrete railbed.

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5505...7i13312!8i6656

You know I was just thinking the other day how the NE leg has a completely different set of safety controls....

https://goo.gl/maps/PYHAiBatdc62

This is the pedestrian path to cross the tracks. Basically relies on common sense (unfortunately if you have tunnel vision, and your ears plugged in with bass earphones, you'd run the risk of getting hit by a train).

The new lines have weird zig zags in the paths, crossing arms for pedestrians, and multiple gates. Overkill imo.

[sundance]

Common sense doesn't seem to be common anymore though

[The_Cat]

Unfortunately, people don't always pay attention. Look at the person who was killed at Belvedere last week.

[The_Cat]

Looks like the north cofferdam is done (no more concrete block): http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loca...s-construction

[chrisvazquez7]

First three cantenary poles have been installed!!


Valley Line - First catenary poles!!! by Chris Vazquez, on Flickr

[The_Cat]

I imagine that the track isn't too far away at this point. Also, I read (on Twitter) that the center girder at Whitemud is being replaced (at the P3's expense) because it doesn't meet standards.

[chrisvazquez7]

^ Yup, Just came across this on TransEd’s Twitter. I guess the Whitemud bridge will be delayed quite a bit.

. @lochlincross @cityofedmonton @doniveson @YEGMayorOffice The girder at Whitemud is being removed because it did not meet TransEd’s quality standards. It is being recast, at no cost to the City or taxpayers.

https://twitter.com/yegvalleylrt/sta...250303488?s=21

[TheGreatestX]

A bridge delay? That's a first.

[The_Cat]

Two bridge delays if you count the concrete block in the North Saskatchewan.

[Edmcowboy11]

Once the tracks are in place on 66st. I hope that they can start getting the roadway fixed up again and brought to its final configuration. BTW it appears they are finally getting the rest of the concrete walls up. The one section I wonder when they will switch traffic over is near the future Wagner station. Part of the final configuration for the road has been complete for months now, but the other part hasn't been worked on from the train tracks to Roper Rd much yet.

[The_Cat]

I'm guessing that the traffic will be switched to the west side when the LRT overpass is completed over the west side, next to Davies station.

[IanO]

Churchill Interchange


Used with permission

[norwoodguy]

^Hub and heart (transit, culture, arts, events)

[nobleea]

I imagine that the track isn't too far away at this point. Also, I read (on Twitter) that the center girder at Whitemud is being replaced (at the P3's expense) because it doesn't meet standards.

I was wondering when this would come up. They had the two sections completed, and looked like the equipment was getting ready to move them in place, and then they slowly started dismantling one of the sections. Almost nothing left of it now.