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Last week I was trying out some detour routes for the supposed to be closed (but still not closed) west irrigation canal pathway. My new selected path has a nice view of the construction from a distance. Irrigation canal construction: BRT Construction IMG_2236 by ferreth, on Flickr Deerfoot...

They could have someone at the zoo cut the ribbon and have the penguins do the first walk across - will be the right time of year for them!

The new bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in late 2017

Update from last week into the weekend on Zoo and Meadows Mile construction Zoo Bridge, best I could do over a fence, but you can see road paving has started. I can't wait to have my back road to commuting back again! Zoo Bridge Construction IMG_2222 by ferreth, on Flickr Zoo Panda exhibit...

If any of you use the irrigation canal to head south of 17 Ave S.E., both sides of the pathway will be closed soon (should have been already according to the sign). The Calgary Cycling app is wrong and omits the closure on the west side. The sign I found to the north of 17th correctly depicts...

"Waiving transit fares on game days, for example, would mean giving up about $10-million in revenue annually" That would pay for a new pay by smartphone system in two years. For the targeted audience, I think the hassle of paying is a larger barrier to transit usage than the cost of transit...

Updating the digging at the Irrigation canal for the SE BRT: to the SW: BRT Construction IMG_2210 by ferreth, on Flickr to the NW: BRT Construction IMG_2209 by ferreth, on Flickr Zoom showing progress on the other side of Deerfoot: BRT Construction IMG_2207 by ferreth, on Flickr Nothing...

The construction has paused on the Professional Centre at Meadows Mile, this was the most activity in the last week: Professional Centre Hole IMG_2205 by ferreth, on Flickr I have noticed they installed these Metal bits along the bottom of the installed lagging. I dug a little and from my...

Part of what makes the building interesting for me is the contrast between glass / wall, and how that transitions from mostly wall to mostly glass. I'm am perfectly fine with the glass-wall ratio on this project, which is looking awesome!

The Holiday Inn down by my work at Blackfoot, south of Heritage Drive has finally started applying the final layer - yay! They picked a crappy color - boo! Holiday Inn Painting IMG_2198 by ferreth, on Flickr To be fair, the look might improve slightly as it looks like it needs a second coat...

SE BRT construction update - they have dug down a bit further since I took these on Thurday, but nothing yet on the other side of the irrigation canal going up the hill. Looking NW towards 17th and Deerfoot interchange: SE BRT Construction IMG_2190 by ferreth, on Flickr Looking east, the...

Another detour that will affect people coming from the east side of the city: Pathway Closure IMG_2196 by ferreth, on Flickr What the city can't tell you is to just cut through Max Bell's parking lot to join the detour just west of the building. NO ONE coming from the N.E. end of the map is...

The actual report , assuming the link keeps working. The metrics used focus mostly on efficiency. From that standpoint, it looks like Calgary is doing a good job. The only metric that I see that seems to directly focus on quality of service is service hours per capita, in which we rank at the...

A few construction related updates from last weekend: New Zoo Bridge IMG_2177 by ferreth, on Flickr New Zoo Bridge IMG_2179 by ferreth, on Flickr East Village Cranes: East Village Along the Bow River IMG_2183 by ferreth, on Flickr

A bit of Calgary history being dug up with the new zoo bridge construction - the old streetcar rails from way back when you took the streetcar to St George's Island: 12 Street former Streetcar Tracks IMG_2173 by ferreth, on Flickr

I was wondering that too - would save it from having too much of an industrial feel

I found some info on the Ferrari dealer construction near my work: Ferrari Dealer rendering Source: http://www.sekoconstruction.com/-current-projects/ferrari-maserati-rolls-royce-dealership There are more renders at the site. The building is more interesting than I expected, but the exterior...

Meadows Mile has had some new construction start up, for Lot# reference: Blackfoot Point 2 sign IMG_1746 by ferreth, on Flickr A Professional Centre is under construction on the far south Lot 1: Professional Centre Render IMG_2164 by ferreth, on Flickr Piling is done, and they have been...

/\/\ They had someone from the City of Calgary on CBC radio last week saying that interchange would be fully open within a month.

Some general construction photos for you today from the zoo. Zoo bridge, best I could do from inside the zoo - coming along, but the road is still a ways off from being done: New Zoo Bridge Construction IMG_2146 by ferreth, on Flickr Panda construction. The old Africa building is being...