[IanO]

A comprehensive Valley Line SE update.

-10800 trees
-85000 shrubs
-50% of trains already here
-Pedestrian connection won't be available until 'next summer'

 

[_urbanite]

In @Kaizen 's 4th pic it shows an at grade rail crossing (CP or CN I assume) acrosd 75st, then the elevated LRT crossing right behind and above it. It's too bad that crossing can't be elevated or buried along side the LRT crossing, seems kinda silly the way it is

 

[Daveography]

@Grandinite :

75 Street Planning Study

The City of Edmonton is developing a long-range concept plan for 75 Street between Wagner Road and Argyll Road.

www.edmonton.ca

 

[ChazYEG]

@Grandinite :

75 Street Planning Study

The City of Edmonton is developing a long-range concept plan for 75 Street between Wagner Road and Argyll Road.

www.edmonton.ca

I'd love to see it happen in my lifetime, as I work right in the corner of Argyll and 75th, but I really doubt something is going to happen here anytime soon

 

[Edmcowboy11]

The plan is there which is great, its just sad that nothing has happened yet. It makes it even sadder to see the project starting out in 2014 and yet nothing. I would have thought that if this could have been done concurrently with the valleyline work by this coming year we could have had all of it done.

 

[Reecemartin]

My latest video on the Valley Line! :

 

[The_Cat]

I imagine part of the challenge is co-ordinating with the LRT construction. Also, I think the 50 Street railway overpass is the first priority.

 

[quit]

Interesting that the pedestrian bridge as part of the Tawatinâ bridge will be made of wood and steel - thought it might be concrete.

 

[_Citizen_Dane_]

Interesting that the pedestrian bridge as part of the Tawatinâ bridge will be made of wood and steel - thought it might be concrete.

I can't remember where it was said, but I think the idea was to harken back to the old pedestrian bridge that was there before.

 

[IanO]

Or the old ski jump profile laid flat?

 

[kcantor]

nice guesses but no cigar this afternoon...

 

[archited]

bootifull!!! 'Twould be nice if the center potion of the walk included glass floor blocks that gave a view of the river!

 

[cliffapotamus]

My latest video on the Valley Line! :

Love this video! it's interesting to hear about this project described from someone not super familiar with the project or the city. also some really points made about the line length, I didn't realize the full Valley Line was longer than Eglington Crosstown, or the Hurontario project. (i mean, i bet those projects will have bigger ridership etc, but to be comparable is cool!) One question I have is the use of the term 'Tram'. A lot of locals and news use the term pejoratively, but i don't think it's met that way here. Where does one draw the line between Tram and LRT? running in the middle of the street, following traffic lights, low floor, peak passenger capacity? just curious, we don't have a lot of systems to compare here, so terminology is limited/confused lol.

 

[Kaizen]

^^^
? Whaaaat, that ain't no ol" ski jump..

*edit, add https://pressreader.com/article/285383398126954

 

[Edmcowboy11]

So there has been a slight traffic lane shift at Roper road and 75th. Also they were pouring a bunch of curbs for the medians along 83st near Bonnie Doon mall. More trees were also being planted today on 83st near Argyll.