Western-Central Newfoundland & Labrador Developments
Bahahahaha! I'm sorry, but it is truly an hilarious title! |
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Maybe I'll ask for it to be shortened. edit: Actually it's just fine, and serves it's purpose very well. |
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I think it means everything in the province that is outside the Avalon Penninsula. :D |
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How about this for a title - Western-Central-East Central-Newfoundland & Labrador-Saint-Pierre et Miquelon-Cote-Nord du Quebec-Îles-de-la-Madeleine Developments ? No ? I didn't think so ! :D Perhaps "Corner Brook & N.L. Regional Developments". |
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^ That would be a good use for the theatre building, and might involve some minor exterior changes and more glass I'm guessing.
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http://thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=261537&sc=23
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It's cool that the new city hall will have a green roof, and will be LEED certified. :tup:
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Speaking of LEED Certification and Corner Brook, here's a construction picture of the new Long-term Care Facility being built right now in the city by Pomerleau of Quebec ... construction started in 2006/7 if I recall correctly, and looks like it's getting close to completion. Valued at ~$61 million. The building is 5 stories (including the penthouse) with a basement, and is aiming for LEED Silver Certification (which is the minimum level that the Province is trying to achieve with all its new buildings, including the new schools in the Province).
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It sounds like Corner Brook is probably ahead of St. John's in this regard.
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releas...611n09pic2.jpg "Pictured here New Corner Brook Long term-care facility, currently under construction and valued at $60.7 million" Source: http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releas...tw/0611n09.htm Thanks for the info, and welcome to the forum. |
Thanks for the welcome. I'll have to try to get out to Corner Brook over the summer and get some better pictures of the new LTC. A picture of the entire facility would be good to have here ... I'm surprised the Government never released such a picture, though I'm sure they're really proud of how that entrance looks! lol
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The possibility of building transmission lines through Gros Morne National Park (a UNESCO world heritage site) has been in the news for awhile now. Although the lines themselves would likely not do much damage, what they represent symbolically, aesthetically or otherwise seems to have people polarized on the issue. This is one of many articles written on the subject:
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http://thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=266856&sc=23
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I considered making a new thread for Labrador or for this article, but decided to post it here for now. I think the future and viability of Labrador is dependant upon providing more infrastructure such as this. At present, the third and final phase of the TLH or Trans-Labrador Highway connecting Happy Valley-Goose Bay to the Southeast coast is under construction.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundlan...socialcomments For a look at a map showing the location of these communities (Makkovik, Postville and Rigolet) in the context of Labrador infrastructure, click here: http://www.labradorwest.com/images/labwestmap.jpg |
I think it is an excellent location of a new hospital in Corner Brook! :cheers:
http://thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=290164&sc=23 New hospital site chosen: Wheeler's Road and Lewin Parkway is Western Health's new address CORNER BROOK CLIFF WELLS The Western Star Premier Danny Williams, left, and Minister of Health and Community Services Paul Oram, unveil where the site of the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital will be built Monday. — Star photo by Geraldine Brophy The announcement of a new Western Memorial Regional Hospital is the about the biggest news Tony Genge has ever heard. The chair of Western Health’s board of directors told The Western Star the new facility, which will be east of Wheeler’s Road and north the Lewin Parkway near the intersection of both roads, augurs well for the region as a whole. He believes it addresses a real need in health care, and he’s happy government has stepped up. “This is by far the biggest announcement I’ve heard, if not (just) in the western region, then in the province since we’ve restructured,” Genge said. “It has huge potential for the improvement of health-care services for our whole region from the Port aux Basques area and the south coast right up the Northern Peninsula. “It’s the biggest announcement since I came here in 1995 by far. There’s nothing close to it, really. Israel Hann, a seniors activist and long-term care advocate, said the announcement of Corner Brook’s new hospital is music to his ears, but he’s hoping the tune won’t last as long as it did with the long-term care centre he pushed 12 years for. “It took 10 years to complete it from the time they announced they we’re going to do it ... from the planning stages it took 10 years,” Hann said. “I’m hoping within eight to 10 years the hospital is going to be completed and open for business. “With the architectural work and the groundwork that has to be done, I think it’s going to take that long.” In announcing the hospital Premier Danny Williams said the new facility will cost “multi-hundreds of millions” of dollars. He said 15 sites were examined in the search for the new hospital site with criteria such as soil-type and room for expansion. “The new Western Memorial Regional Hospital will undoubtedly be one of the single largest infrastructure projects this province has seen in recent memory,” Williams said. “I mean it. This is a big deal, folks. “You don’t put hundreds of millions of dollars into a new state-of-the-art facility that’s going to be the best in the province without believing there is a really solid future for the people of the region.” He said a new 1.6 kilometre road from the top of Wheeler’s Road to the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College area will help connect the long-term care centre, dementia units and new hospital. Now that the site has been selected, the next step is to develop a program for the building, and then start the groundwork. The cash for site selection and programming for the new hospital is just part of the $76 million to be spent this year on health-care infrastructure. The premier said there’s only so much money to go around and he wants to make sure it’s spent wisely. “I reach out to the people of Lewisporte and Flower’s Cove. This government is not trying to punish anybody,” he said. “We’re not trying to make victims of anybody. We’re not trying to say we’re going to take away your X-ray service and let somebody else keep it. That’s not what this is about. We’re trying to say to these communities, Lewisporte for example, we’re putting in a $34 million facility. We’ve spent millions on roads. We need you to help us. We need to help us find some savings and where you can, let’s do it, let’s become more efficient.” Paul Oram, Health and Community Services minister, said the new facility is delivering health care to the people of the province in the best possible way. He said the announcement is a big step forward in health care for the province. “Work on the new facility is ongoing and right now the programming, the determination for the new facility, is well underway,” Oram said. “When this process is complete, the planning for site preparation work can then begin.” |
^ It's nice news to get a new facility, but it is bad planning with respect to the location being on the fringes about 3 km south of the downtown centre, and is another example where almost the entire population will need to drive (no public transit to speak of) to get to it. I guess that's necessary if there is a land shortage in Corner Brook.
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^Sarcasm ? Yes, urban sprawl is not such a big problem there I know, but I believe in the idea of locating things where the maximum number of users and employees can gain access by walking rather than having to drive etc., also reducing more parking lot sprawl. I don't think that concept is too ridiculous. Picture the ideal small town with all its major institutions and services in one main street or area (ie downtown) within reach of a high percentage of residents. You need an area with some density in order to do that. It's true that many people using the regional hospital have to come from outside CB, but I think the principle still holds true. At least they are doing that by keeping the new city hall downtown. |
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Grand Falls-Windsor has potential to have a nice downtown...moreso than Gander in my opinion, but I spent a few nights in a hotel on Union Street near the hospital (apt at Keyin College up on Hardy Avenue) and did some walking around and exploring and there didn't seem to be much to do/shop at/see downtown. High Street has that feel to it when you walk it but it's rather short and takes a whole like 15 seconds in entirety to drive through and pretty much consists of city (well, town) hall and a few banks. I walked down there around 9pm one night and one of the local restaurants looked packed through the window, that's a good sign I guess but I'm sure there were double the people doing their usual eating at McD's and Tim Hortons on Cromer Avenue at the same time. GFW wasn't really all that walkable, mostly consisted of a few centralized "regions" of the town - like the Goodyear Avenue/Union Street hospital area that kinda ran into the High Street/loads of 4 way intersection bounded streets south of Lincoln Road down towards the mill... there's a new subdivision that just screams sprawl further down on Scott Avenue that's in walking distance of NOTHING, Harmsworth Drive - not sure if it's even on Google Maps yet. Windsor is primarily residential, although there are a few stores along the west end of Main Street and some industrial stuff around the Queensway/new Park St that runs into Princess Drive/upper Hardy Avenue/Earle Street area. One thing I never really noticed in all the time I've spent in Grand Falls-Windsor growing up going there to visit family was how EVERY traffic light in the town is on the same street... with different names (unless I missed something). -Light at Union Street/Lincoln Road/Goodyear Avenue at the hospital (off the TCH) -You continue up Union Street which becomes Harris Avenue and then there's a light on the corner of Harris Avenue and Pinsent Drive-Brown Avenue -Continuing on Harris Avenue, there's a new traffic-activated light at Harris and Hardy, right next to Keyin College. -A few hellish T-intersections follow, Earle Street and Duggan Street which are just constant people cutting you off because if they don't, there's no chance they're getting anywhere in the near future... traffic light, anyone? -Harris Avenue becomes Cromer Avenue -Another traffic light at Pinsent Drive by the Exploits Valley Mall Essentially, the "main route", Union Street-Harris Avenue-Cromer Avenue is all one road that kinda half-loops around (consult map) and I found it amusing that all the traffic lights in town were on that. Windsor and downtown is FULL of 4-way intersections, some of which I found had huge trees that I could barely see around and blind hills that made me cringe as I creeped through them (drivers in GFW are wonderful, almost dare I say it as bad as St. John's drivers, just without traffic and traffic lights) When I was at Keyin College (which is THE most run-down educational institution I've visited, to say the least and 4 days there was long enough thank you), I walked down to Tim Hortons and the Exploits Valley Restaurant in the EVM (exploits valley mall) and man, that part of Grand Falls-Windsor is THE LEAST WALKABLE place on earth. People pulling out of lots everywhere - the usual line up on the street 20 cars down to get into Timmies drive-through, Canadian Tire, Earle Street and Duggan Street, Sobeys, Dominion, the EVM entrance and exits... there was NO regard for crosswalks whatever - so much for pedestrians having the right-of-way, I spent 90% of my time standing on the curb waiting for someone to actually stop and let me walk by. I found drivers were a lot more courteous downtown, but that could be due to the narrower roads and general slower driving. Walked 7-8km one night and had no problems (around Goodyear-mill area-Lincoln-Union-High Street and god knows where else). |
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