Good Monday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road today!
Weekend weather was good except for that brief thunderstorm downpour late yesterday afternoon. Today's weather looks a little bit iffy, ranging from sun to cloud to possible thunderstorms with rain, so we'll see what the crews are able to get done. Last Friday morning's heavy rains were likely the reason why the Bel Air construction crew didn't work on Friday. Perhaps it is just as well, because the Guelph Hydro/Drexler Construction crew were working Friday afternoon on those three electrical connections from the west side of Dawson Road cutting across to the east side of Dawson Road. A word of caution here - where this crew cut across the pavement in front of Plants For All at 66 Dawson Rd, there is significant drop in the portion they filled in. This is likely because of those heavy thunderstorm downpours late Sunday afternoon. Please exercise extra caution until the crews can get it filled in.
As mentioned Drexler Construction was on site Friday afternoon, and they were scheduled to work Saturday, and their equipment is on site as of this morning in front of Orbis Property Management at 76 Dawson Rd. Hopefully they will be able to finish up the three Hydro connections today.
I noticed that the bus stop has been repositioned on the shoulder of the northbound lane at the access entrance to Guelph Medical Place. That is good news; however Guelph Transit issued the following change Saturday afternoon -
Posted: 09 Jul 2010 12:18 PM PDT
Guelph Transit Route 22 Temporary Detour: July 9 until 7 p.m.
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 July 12."
I expect this decision was made because of the extra crew from Drexler Construction being on-site. It must be terribly confusing and frustrating for transit customers with all the changes.
It looks like we may be at the mercy of the weather for the next few days as to how much and what type of construction work is done. Remember I've often said that when it's raining, there's less construction activity on Dawson Road and it's a good time to come on down.
In Friday's post I mentioned that my wife Linda was celebrating her birthday and I surprised her with a family birthday dinner at the QB 2 Café &Dining at 86 Dawson Rd on Saturday. They arranged a wonderful birthday celebration for 11 of us. I went in about a month ago and prearranged the get-together, and with Koky's help we set the menu based on their menu dishes and the mix of family members. This was a new experience for everyone except Linda and I and we were pleased how well everybody got involved with this unique dining experience. The staff at the restaurant could not have done any more for us, they were set up and ready and graciously explained the food and the customs to everyone. Pictured here are the owners and staff, Lamos, Betty and Koky. Everyone had lots to eat with some extras to take home and the total price was easily affordable. If you would like to know more about all they did for us feel free to call Linda or I at Plants For All at 519-767-2161.
It's a start of a new week with lots of construction work to be done and no doubt the weather is going to play a role in what gets done. So make your plans and come along rain or shine, it's always good to see you on Dawson Road.
Brian
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