August started with a flurry of paving, unfortunately that pace hasn't been kept up as we leave August, so here's an end-August look at some of the work. With just a couple of months
left in this construction season, I'd have to see a LOT more work to believe we'll be driving on this road this year.
I couldn't see any work on the Collector Road from the Empire Ave side, perhaps there's work closer to the Old Penneywell Rd??
No sign of guardrails or landscaping. Guardrails would have to come after all the paving ??
They have yet to pave one complete layer of three planned with a full lane not paved South from Kenmount towards Blackmarsh.
A positive note is that they have started to erect the road-sign posts along the route from Kenmount towards Topsail Rd. Two legs are in place in a couple of places south of Redmond's Rd.
A Few photos from Sunday Aug 26.
The underpass at Sobey's Sq is progressing, they've started to install the concrete plates to form the sides, and looks to be about half-way up. So another couple of weeks for that, probably.
The Blackmarsh Rd roundabout has the curb installed for the most-part, will need more work when they start to align those roads. Also, looks like there's a pole in the middle of the entrance-lane off Redmond's Rd/TGH/Blackmarsh. so perhaps some utility work to do.
Edit: several dumps of topsoil have been made around the ramps at Redmond's Rd, so it appears some landscaping is underway.
None of the ramps at Redmond's Rd have any pavement. This area is a major piece of work. The Redmond's Rd interchange is now wrapped up into
the roundabout work at Redmond's / Blackmarsh / Empire / TGH which also includes a major reroute of Blackmarsh down to a new 4-way intersection
with Captain Whelan and Hamlyn Rd - funny that's not a roundabout ! Look how long it's taken to make a simple intersection at Blackmarsh and Topsail Rd
this summer !
Here's what I think will happen - TGH will open from Kenmount to Topsail with no onramp at Topsail this year ( unless the pace of work picks up dramatically ) and no interchange
at Redmond's this year and no Collector road this year - so it will be south-bound only this year. With a flurry of activity next year just in time for the Fall Prov election.