Mountain Man
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General Construction Updates
- Thread starter Surrealplaces
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GoVertical
Senior Member
Footings for the new bridge going in at Eau Claire:
I noticed on the riverwalk section in front of Harry Hayes, they've dug everything up only a few years after they spruced it all up. Any idea of the rationale behind it?
CBBarnett
Senior Member
From the city's Eau Claire project website. Looks to be a solid intersection improvement into Chinatown at 1 St SE and a bunch of flood barrier upgrades.
Interesting, I thought it was already built up enough to stop a flood, but I guess not.
MichaelS
Senior Member
I think 2013 floods showed the design for EV (done prior to that event) was not adequate. Many flood maps were updated with that event. Had it only been a 2005 level event, the initial EV design probably would have sufficed.
The Familia
Active Member
Just when the landscaping was really starting to get established, back to square one. I hope they replant a few more trees along the river wall. I know they want to keep sight lines open, but a few more elm or aspen trees along the way would really help it out.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
That intersection improvement into Chinatown is a huge win though. The original Riverwalk setup effectively encouraged pathway users to skip past the neighbourhood. I'd trade some planters and gardens for that connectivity.
I am surprised the original design missed the Chinatown connection with only a single pedestrian blinker crosswalk at the Harry Hays building. It's a great pocket of dozens of restaurants and loads of vibrancy only a block from the river. Kind of the exact thing you'd think you'd want to provide solid pedestrian connectivity to.
Agreed, it would be nicer to have a better intersection connection at 1st. Looking at the image from the city's website, it looks pretty close to what they have today, or maybe I'm missing something?
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Here's the improvements in more detail, I found it in the 3rd Avenue corridor project. Red is sidewalk expansion, green is new cycletrack to connect to 3rd Ave. Looks like a reduction of nearly half the road width in all dimensions, removal of the wide swooping corners to tighter, safer ones, and adding cycling and crosswalks to provide better access. All small things but spot on to turn a dull, car-oriented intersection into an attractive urban gateway on and off the path system.
Here's the current setup.
Goplaceskyscrapers
New Member
Here's a photo of the sign for the New Calgary Court of Appeal Courthouse set to be built behind the old Court of Appeal building and across the street from the Calgary Courts Centre.
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
Looks like they'll be eliminating two of those angled parking spaces on Macleod. Shhhhh! No one tell the Chinatown BIA. They'll try to grind the whole project to a stop.
Nimbus
Active Member
It's funny because it is so true.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Doubt courting a sign created a lot of jobs. I can see its appeal though.
GoVertical
Senior Member
Another angle of Eau Claire Plaza from CCC:
