After the heavy weekend rains I was a little surprised to see the crews back at it Monday morning but indeed they were. And furthermore, Monday was an extra long day as they tried to get some connections done and holes closed up before the Tuesday morning rush hour. Part of the crew was working Monday down at the Speedvale Ave end of Dawson Road, connecting the new 250 mm water main for Dawson Road to the existing 400 mm water main along Speedvale Avenue. Another part of the crew was working on the sanitary hookup to Royal City Warehousing.
This week the crews will be installing the new water mains down Dawson Road alongside the existing water mains. The new water mains will have to be chlorinated and tested thoroughly before they're hooked up to the water mains of each business. Weather permitting this work should progress fairly quickly.
Yesterday the crews had to contend with a water pipe breakage, necessitating shutting off the water for a short time to a couple of locations on Dawson Road and Speedvale Ave. Crews were able to get the problem fixed after about an hours outage.
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The work down at the Speedvale Avenue end of Dawson Road required a rerouting of traffic along Speedvale Avenue. As you can see in this picture of Speedvale Avenue facing east, the digging was in the centre of Speedvale Avenue and traffic was diverted around the machines with one lane going east and one going west. This arrangement will likely be in place for today. Another issue raised because of the Speedvale Avenue construction was that the buses were taken off of our end of Dawson Road and rerouted along Edinburgh Road and back down Speedvale. Guelph Remastered issued an advisory to this effect just before noon on Monday "Due to the road conditions on Dawson Road, route 22 Conestoga will be temporarily detoured to Edinburgh Road North. All stops on Dawson Road will be out of service. Temporary stops are located at Edinburgh Road North and Willow Road, and at Speedvale Avenue West in front of the Hammond Manufacturing Plant. The detour may continue on June 29."
Thursday, July 1 is Canada Day! Happy birthday Canada! Due to a City of Guelph requirement, the construction crews will not be working on Thursday, July 1. They will return to work Friday, July 2. Clearly this is one of those holidays that should be combined to make a long weekend. One of the major problems causing headaches for Canada's economy is our nation's poor record on productivity. We keep shooting ourselves in the foot - but I won't get started on that topic.
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I am pleased to report that I'm seeing more regular traffic on Dawson Road. Perhaps, people are getting more comfortable with construction. Perhaps, after two months people are getting back on with their life. Whatever the reason, people are coming back to Dawson Road. There are a lot of good businesses here, there's a lot going on - You should be a part of it! Come on down, we'd love to see you on Dawson Road Today.
Brian
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