Good Tuesday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road Today!
Right off the top I would like to send kudos out to the City of Guelph. In yesterday's post I expressed an opinion about the poor condition of the road at the construction intersection of Stevenson Street and Speedvale Avenue. When I came through that intersection just after noon on my way into my shop, I was very pleased to see that the road grading had been done and the potholes filled. I am glad to see the city was on top of it, thank you.
Most days of the week I am out of my shop tending the live indoor tropical plants at my clients' offices; but Mondays I am in the shop, Plants For All. This gives me an opportunity to monitor the amount and kind of vehicular traffic flow we're getting on Dawson Road. Yesterday I noticed that we had a nice light but steady traffic flow consisting mostly of cars. I expect that more people are starting to use Dawson Road as a bypass around the construction at the Edinburgh and Willow Road intersection. Businesses be ready for this Bonus Traffic! While most of this new traffic realistically may not be looking for your business, the fact remains that we have new potential customers driving right past our front door.
- Put your best foot forward
- have your lights on
- be sure your open sign is on
- make sure your business is open to the posted hours
- have a positive attitude about your business and the other businesses on Dawson Road.
In a post from last week, I mentioned that it was common practice to use two of the large power shovels when lifting and maneuvering the large and very heavy concrete manhole assemblies. This picture, taken last week, shows this being done. It is very slow work and requires intense coordination amongst the two power shovel operators, the crew in the trench and the crew supervisors.
Yesterday, in spite of my prediction that the crew would not be able get much work done due to the wet conditions, they did. Part of the crew was down at the Dawson Road and Speedvale intersection continuing the connection and hook up of the concrete storm system to join Speedvale into Dawson. Other crew members were busy cleaning up a lot of the debris that had been pulled out of the ground when digging the trench to install the storm system.
Random Cameos:
On a regular basis I will try to show pictures, not yet seen on this blog, that will add a face to the job. Let me know what you think. Pictures shown may have been taken any time since the start of the project in mid-April. Left click on the image to enlarge it.
Remember that the QB2 Café and Dining will be having a special Menu Tasting Buffet event this Thursday, August 26 and you can get a full colour brochure and menu for that event by e-mailing me at plantsforall@ody.ca
Tuesday, it's a great day to be on Dawson Road. You have a great day and we hope to see you down here.
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