General Construction Updates

[MacMathuna]

Anyone have any more information on The Nines by Opus at the corner of Elbow and Southland? All they have is a placemarker website - https://livingthenines.ca/

The lot has been sitting empty since as long as I can remember. I think it was a gas station previously, so will be interesting to see something, anything, go in there.

 

[MichaelS]

Nothing on development map from what I can see.

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[DiscoStu]

So what's the ETA on these Riverwalk upgrades? Any chance it gets done before it starts snowing again?

 

[Mountain Man]

Since it took like 2 years for the bike lane / sidewalk upgrades at the 5st underpass, I wouldn't get your hopes up...

 

[haltcatchfire]

So what's the ETA on these Riverwalk upgrades? Any chance it gets done before it starts snowing again?

Zero chance. Odds are it snows next week.

 

[DiscoStu]

Ok well good to confirm that everyone is about as optimistic as I am.

One of these years my bike commute will be impediment free. Impediment free I tell you!

 

[Col du Edworthy]

Ok well good to confirm that everyone is about as optimistic as I am.

One of these years my bike commute will be impediment free. Impediment free I tell you!

And that's only if you move the forgotten construction & detour signs out of the way

 

[Surrealplaces]

Just once it would be nice to take a bike ride free of construction block off s and signs.!

 

[outoftheice]

Has anyone used the 3rd Ave cycletrack much? It was meant to serve as the cycling detour for most of the Eau Claire and riverwalk construction but when I last used it in the spring there wasn't really much signage to direct cyclists onto this detour. The cycltrack itself was really slick though. Hopefully the city can be convinced to keep it.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Has anyone used the 3rd Ave cycletrack much? It was meant to serve as the cycling detour for most of the Eau Claire and riverwalk construction but when I last used it in the spring there wasn't really much signage to direct cyclists onto this detour. The cycltrack itself was really slick though. Hopefully the city can be convinced to keep it.

I've used it a few times, including just recently, but tbh, I don't recall any signage either. When going east, you get to Centre street and it ends, and there aren't signs saying to keep going through to get over to the next section of river pathway.

 

[Nimbus]

Has anyone used the 3rd Ave cycletrack much? It was meant to serve as the cycling detour for most of the Eau Claire and riverwalk construction but when I last used it in the spring there wasn't really much signage to direct cyclists onto this detour. The cycltrack itself was really slick though. Hopefully the city can be convinced to keep it.

I use it almost daily and love it too, but I agree that there is no signage to really alert you to its presence. And now on the east end Riverwalk construction has blocked off the ability to easily cross Riverfront avenue at 1st Street SE to get down to it.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I used it this morning and didn't see any signage. I'll check the east portion this afternoon, when I head home. I like that they offer this as a bypass port the pathway construction, just too bad it doesn't by pass all the way.

 

[niteryder]

Some work is being done on the exterior of the Social Sciences building at the UofC:

 

[darwink]

Some work is being done on the exterior of the Social Sciences building at the UofC:
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If they ended up with funding, this could be a full facade replacement, possibly with integrated solar. Will check.