Perhaps a bit of an unrelated rant... but while it was technically a part of the Missing Sidewalks program, I was quite frustrated with the contractor who worked on the first portion of the 111 St path south of 34 Ave.
This section is now complete, but there was a good two months worth of a crosswalk being totally inaccessible with no detour signage. Parts of the road were dug up for new curb ramps/concrete work, but once those were done, the gap between the new concrete and road were left open for a good 3+ weeks. When the traffic islands were removed and repoured, there was no detour put in place, or closure signage. I even once came across the contractors doing concrete work with no barriers or signage in place and would have ridden through wet concrete if they hadn't called out to me. Multiple times I saw people trying to cross but not being able to and getting thrown directly out into a four lane road with no crossing. For a few weeks, the only way to cross the west side 34 Ave between Greenfield and Blue Quill was to take the lane on 111 Street southbound and attempt to hop onto the bus stop curb, or continue all the way to Saddleback Road.
I originally was in contact with the project manager but he just stopped responding to me when I raised these issues, and multiple 311 requests got nowhere. It's a non-issue now as everything is done, but a similar disruption for vehicle traffic would be totally unacceptable and it's frustrating that absolutely nothing was done to remedy the concern for a good two months. I finally got frustrated and sent an e-mail to Janz, who forwarded it again, but by the time they got back to me 2 months later, everything was done. Sigh.
At least with the work between Harry Ainlay and Greenfield, there were proper detour signs and barriers, but it appears to have been a different contractor. All this to say that perhaps (presumably) awarding to the lowest bidder on some of these active transport projects has some consequences.
