Good Thursday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road Today! I think I should stop passing along what the weather forecast is supposed to be. For the last two days we have been calling for showers and thundershowers and we've ended up with beautiful weather for construction and shopping.
I was pleased to see that I received a comment to yesterday's post from out of country. I was happy for the encouragement. You can check out the comment or better yet, you can add your own comments to the post. Click on comments at the end of the post and you'll be taken to a comment insert page.
The bus stop for Guelph Transit bus number 22 is now positioned in front of Royal City Warehouse. Yesterday, I received a Guelph Remastered - Guelph Transit update. The cover e-mail is notification that a report has been sent to City Council for consideration which will outline the proposed Guelph Transit system for the next 25 years. I will not reproduce the report here because it is 500 pages long. However, you can get your own digital copy by going to Guelph.ca and navigating to the Guelph Remastered section.
It looks like things are ready to get cooking over on the Edinburgh Road reconstruction project. I drove down Edinburgh Road last evening and a number of construction pylons are in place. For now pylons are placed just north of and just south of the intersection of Edinburgh and Willow Roads. I expect that when that project gets into full swing, we'll see more traffic using our one-way Dawson Road as an alternative route. Come on down - you know, we'd love to see you.
For many years now, we have had an open ditch in front of our shop, Plants For All at 66 Dawson Road. Yesterday was the beginning of the end of that. The crews will be eliminating the ditch and it will be replaced with storm sewers. When the project is finished, pedestrians will be able to leave the sidewalk and walk directly to the front of our store, without having to go around the ditch and down our driveway.
For many years now, we have had an open ditch in front of our shop, Plants For All at 66 Dawson Road. Yesterday was the beginning of the end of that. The crews will be eliminating the ditch and it will be replaced with storm sewers. When the project is finished, pedestrians will be able to leave the sidewalk and walk directly to the front of our store, without having to go around the ditch and down our driveway.
Over the years we've seen a wide variety of animal life emerging from the ditch and running into the ditch. One late night, a couple of years ago, when leaving my shop I stepped on a muskrat. The little fellow flipped over onto his back, gave a bloodcurdling scream and bolted straight for the ditch. I was too scared to do anything but watch him go. It will be good to see the open ditch going, going and soon to be gone.
The Tuesday, July 20th edition of the Guelph Tribune, on page 2, displays a graphic summary of the construction projects in the city of Guelph to date. The Dawson Road project is listed in the 25 to 49% complete grouping. A few days ago we posted that we had just passed the halfway mark. Check out that issue of the Guelph Tribune to see how we compare with the other city projects.
That seems like a lot of stuff to talk about for one day; but there's a lot more coming, so stay tuned. Don't forget to check out next Monday's Post, I hope to announce a personal surprise that is scheduled to happen Saturday.
Whatever the weather is going to be today, getting around on Dawson Road is in really good shape. So, please make a special effort to come down to Dawson Road Today to shop, to eat, to get informed, to visit and/or to get fit. Check the Web links in the right sidebar to find out where to do what. Talk to you Friday.
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