Airboy
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Final concrete road surface is being poured along the section in front of ECC. Some poured yesterday, another pour tomorrow. May be done by the end of August. At least that side.
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_Citizen_Dane_
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danimori
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From yesterday. Sidewalks being formed along parts of the area west of 109th street. For some reason I feel like this project is a bit of a missed opportunity. Sidewalks still seem very small.
archited
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Another inside job 
Freedm
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Looks good! And glad to see it in the rebuild phase. Driving by it always just feels like it's a big mess. I'm guessing the other side of the street won't get done till next year? Or are they still planning to do it this year?
danimori
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Looks like the plan is for next year. I think its the North side this year, South side next year, and then soft landscaping, etc. the year after. Seems WAY to long but whatever I am fine.
Airboy
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Last of the old streetcar ties are now gone. may be a few under 99st but that could be it.
Platinum107
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Huh, so they just paved over them instead of taking them out of the road in the 1950's?? That's interesting.
kcantor
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but consistent... i'm pretty sure the bridge abutments/foundations for the old 101st street and and 105th street bridges over the tracks weren't removed when the structures were demolished either. that's probably a lot more of that than you might think not only under our streets but on lots of private sites as well (i.e. basements filled in rather than removed).
with the old ties, disposal will be interesting because they're probably considered "hazardous material" because of the creosote content and presumably the surrounding soil should be tested for leaching and contamination.
_Citizen_Dane_
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Oh yeah! That's what happened with 107th Avenue, for instance. I think it was a mix of negligent "somebody else can take care of it," and pragmatic "it's quicker to pave it then tear it." I'm sure quite a few of the old inner-city routes down 101st, 97th, 95th, etc. that haven't got a complete overhaul in decades, probably still have some ties or track laying underneath.
Freedm
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Wow, that's cool! History before our eyes.
itom987
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Those RR ties are wood harvested from virgin forests, I hope they salvaged some of the good pieces. They can be worth quite a lot to the right buyer.
cliffapotamus
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Kingsway Ave immediately fronting Victoria School still has the railroad ties in it. I remember them being exposed during repaving for the metro line. If memory serves, they just left them there. I don't remember them sticking out much or anything, and i don't remember them being dug up either. it would be really interesting to know how often this occurs, and if anyone records where these abandoned lines are still extant under roads.
Airboy
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They have Creosote.
124st still may have some. And I did see some along 102 ave
The ties were removed. hauled away in a separate load. the soil was hauled away as normal. must mean the haz mat was negligible. There was a bit more in front of the Mac removed as well. I seem to remember streets like 121 had tracks down them for freight as they were close to the rail yards. As they dig up those streets north of 105 ave they may find more from spur lines.
124st still may have some. And I did see some along 102 ave
The ties were removed. hauled away in a separate load. the soil was hauled away as normal. must mean the haz mat was negligible. There was a bit more in front of the Mac removed as well. I seem to remember streets like 121 had tracks down them for freight as they were close to the rail yards. As they dig up those streets north of 105 ave they may find more from spur lines.
Airboy
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Unless there was major rebuilding a lot of the street car lines were covered over. Same goes for all the areas serviced from the rail yards. I do remember as a kid driving in the warehouse area and looking behind to see a locomotive following us.