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Yeah I like how they post photos, but I hate that stupid watermark. At least have it at the corner of the photo gheeze.
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Old Posted Feb 4, 2012, 5:09 AM
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Drove the entire route today and it looks so barren!
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I'm currently going back to college and I could hear the pile driving somewhere nearby. Supposedly they will be pile driving 5600 piles for this project....
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Old Posted Feb 4, 2012, 4:46 PM
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Here is an interesting sort of side story about the WE Parkway.

source: http://www.windsorontarionews.com/wi...ws-nature.html


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WindsorOntarioNews.com Dec 30 2011
The consortium building the Windsor-Essex Parkway won’t only be putting in a lot of concrete to build the new 10-lane road from Hwy. 401 to a new Detroit River bridge, they will also be removing it.

Parkway planners will be restoring Turkey Creek, which runs downstream or west of current Huron Church Rd. to the Detroit River.

They will be removing concrete already in the channel and returning the stream to a natural environment.

Turkey Creek in Windsor flows into the Grand Marais Drain, which is noticeable by its “trapezoidal” cement basin.
Turkey Creek downstream runs through LaSalle and into the Detroit River.

But on the downstream side crews will be tearing up that concrete trough and re-creating the natural conditions that were once there.

Some 900 metres of concrete will be removed in stages, according to Mark Ruthven, senior biologist for AMEC, an infrastructure and environmental design company contracted by the Parkway consortium.

“What we plan to do is remove this concrete channel,” he said.

The concrete will be razed and a natural stream “will meander” from side to side within an already-defined wider flood plain, he said.

This will create alternating shallow and deeper areas and “provide habitat diversity so you can increase the value of that habitat to a variety of species of fish.”

This will also integrate the so-called riparian areas on either side of the creek – where trees and shrubs grow – to more naturally connect to the waterway.

Ruthven estimated the concrete base is about a third of a metre thick.

Crews will get rid of it in segments.

“You’d bypass the flow so you’re not releasing sediment to the downstream fisheries habitat, (then) remove that section of concrete,” Ruthven said.

“You’d excavate out your new meander plan, stabilize it, and then release the water ... and build another section.”

He said “natural design” principles are also being used for work on the Wolfe-Cahill and Lennon drains, also along the Parkway project.

For example, the Lennon Drain will “mimic a natural channel,” Parkway documents say.

This will also create a pond that will provide a large permanent fish habitat with deepwater pools and shallow areas near the shore.

Fish will be able to spawn, feed and rear.

The Wolfe-Cahill Drain will be similarly realigned as a natural channel providing different water depths and fish habitats.
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Old Posted Feb 10, 2012, 7:11 PM
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Detours for the WE Parkway construction are to start soon.

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http://windsorite.ca/2012/02/border-...starting-soon/

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Wednesday, the Windsor Essex Mobility Group, the Government of Ontario and the Parkway Infrastructure Constructors presented Windsor-Essex Parkway Public Information Open House at the Macedonian Centre.

Plans for the W-E Parkway going forward into 2012 include:

development of a “gateway” feature for the Highway 3 Bridge over the 401 that signifies entering the Windsor region
construction of five permanent pump stations to service roadway and tunnel areas in the event of significant rainfall or flooding
construction of “Power Distribution Assemblies” (large metal boxes along the route) to provide power to tunnels, trail lighting and pump stations — designed with emergency backup generators
design of a landscaped hill at Outer Drive to utilize excavated earth from the Parkway (will be build after Howard Avenue diversion and roundabout is complete)
controlled burns as a land management technique will take place between March and April 2012
utility and sewer relocations including work at Spring Garden Road and Cabana
Excavation of sunken roadway for the Parkway at locations including (Highway 3 and Howard, Highway 3 and Huron Church, Huron Church and Geraedts to Cabana, construction at Grand Marais Drain, embankments from Cabana to Ojibay)
pile driving operations have begun and will continue in roughly the following order at these sites:
Bridge West of St. Clair College
Bridge East of Huron Line
Tunnel at Villa Borghese
Tunnel at Hearthwood Estates
Tunnel at Oliver Estates
Tunnel at Labelle Street
Tunnel at Labelle and Lambton
Tunnel West of Huron Church
Temporary road closures at streets near Huron Church/Highway 3 over the next six months will include:
Montgomery Drive
Pulford Avenue
Grand Marais Road
Lambton Road
Geraedts Drive
Cabana Road/Todd Lane
Highway 3 at the 401
To build the parkway, several road diversions will take place:
Todd Lane to Cabana (crossing Huron Church) will be moved to the north in June 2012 for one year
The road from Highway 3 leading into St. Clair College will be moved to the west by a few hundred meters starting in June 2012
Sandwich West Parkway (the road from Highway 3 to get to Windsor Crossings) will be moved a few hundred meters in October 2012
For more information, visit the W-E Parkway Website
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Old Posted Feb 17, 2012, 4:50 PM
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Feb. 17th update.

Here are some picture updates on the WE Parkway

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http://windsorite.ca/2012/02/border-...t-being-built/


After a long fall of demolition and removal of trees from the route of the new Windsor-Essex Parkway, excavation and engineering projects have begun to take shape along the future Border Road.


Construction crews are digging near Hearthwood Street and Highway 3 in LaSalle to build a replacement Highway 3 (as the new border road will travel approximately along the line of the current road). The replacement road will be utilized by truck traffic while the 6-lane border highway is built and will later become the Parkway’s “Service Road”.

The view from our first photo above is facing one of the Parkway’s future tunnels, and tunnel-top parkland as depicted in this video on the W-E Parkway website.





Workers from Facca Construction are building a “three-box-culvert” to support the Parkway’s new service road over the Grand Marais Drain.

source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/weparkway/

Sorry for the small pics, but I guess the provincial government doesn't want us to be able to save or link full size pictures covering the project. To view full size visit their website posted directly above.


Pond #6 is taking shape in the Matchette and Broadway area.


Pond #6 is taking shape in the Matchette and Broadway area.
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Old Posted Feb 18, 2012, 6:31 PM
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Big aerial update

source:http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/02...n-roads-opens/

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First of 14 parkway diversion roads opens


Let the detours begin.
MPP Teresa Piruzza was the first member of the public to drive down Diversion 1 on Friday, the first of 14 temporary roads being built to keep traffic flowing during construction of the $1.4-billion Windsor-Essex Parkway.
The 600-metre roadway, complete with street lights, is the parkway’s first real completed construction project, officials said at a ceremony held immediately after Piruzza (L — Windsor West) completed her slow ceremonial drive in a black Chrysler minivan. Linking Lambton Road to Spring Garden Road, it’s intended to keep people living in the Spring Garden area from being landlocked once Bethlehem Avenue is closed for about a year at Huron Church Road. It opens to the public on Tuesday.
It’s taken months to build at a cost of roughly $200,000 and will be used for about a year before it’s ripped out, project director Michael Hatchell said. Next to come are diversions 2 and 3 on the other side of Huron Church at Labelle Street, while an extension of Highway 401 (seven metres below grade) to a new downriver bridge is built, along with an adjacent road for local traffic, 300 acres of parkland, 20 kilometres of bike paths and 12 park-like tunnel tops over the truck route.
“The whole purpose of these diversions is to maintain traffic during construction, to make sure people have access to get to work, get their kids to school and get to businesses,” Hatchell said.
It’s not unusual to build temporary roads when you have such a massive project in an area with existing homes and roadways, he said. Most of the 14 diversion roads should be open within the next year. The entire project is on schedule for completion in 2014.
Hatchell said the project had some early delays, but the mild winter has allowed crews to catch up.
Piruzza marvelled at the enormity of the project.
“I drive this (Huron Church) road every day, driving my kids back and forth to activities, and I’m just amazed by the progress that’s occurring,” she said.
All the activity underlines that the project is creating jobs, she said. “People are working here.”
So far, 2,500 people have completed the training required to work on the project, she said. “And the numbers will only grow.”
The Ontario government estimates the parkway project will result in 12,000 jobs when all the spinoffs are included.
There is also a small video at the link provided.


Here is a link to a large gallery of aerial photos the Windsor Star showcased the other day on the project so far. I will throw a couple of the photos up, but visit the link to see the full gallery.

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Gall...124/story.html







Here you can see 2 bridges that have already been built offsite, but nearby.


Working on the Grande Marais Drain


















You can see the beginnings of some of the trenching here.














Former neighbourhood was ripped out here






Site of the proposed, and yet to be passed in Michigan, bridge.


In some of the photos you can also notice the black plastic tarp fencing. This was put up all along the WE Parkway corridor to protect a few species of snake.

Alot of the photos look very barren but that is because alot of businesses have been torn down and alot of bush and trees in some areas ripped out as well.
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A closer picture of one of the already fabricated bridges.

http://windsorite.ca/2012/02/border-...se-of-parkway/

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The first glimpse of excavated land for the actual six-lane below-grade highway that will become the Windsor-Essex Parkway is visible from Howard Avenue.

In the photo above, a concrete bridge that will be utilized by traffic for the Parkway’s service road (and Highway 3 diversion once Parkway paving begins) is built over a semi-excavated swath of the six-lane parkway land.
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One of many of the new diversion roads.

source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/weparkway/



removing material along the 401


replacing some water mains


excavating a portion of the lower roadway


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When is completion?
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2012, 11:21 PM
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When is completion?
Supposedly in the Fall of 2014.
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The parkway people decided to upload some past-present comparison shots of the area that encompasses the Windsor-Essex Parkway.

source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weparkway/




















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small update

source:http://windsorite.ca/2012/03/border-...oses-thursday/

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The Matchette Road eastbound on-ramp to E.C. Row Expressway will be closed to traffic starting tomorrow, Thursday March 15th, for a period of approximately two years.

The following detour routes will be in place:

Northbound diverted traffic will turn left at Sprucewood Avenue for access to Ojibway Parkway up to E.C. Row Expressway.
A second detour option for access to E.C. Row Expressway is to take Matchette Road to Tecumseh Road West to Huron Church Road.


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According to the Windsor Star, Gov. Rick Snyder could be announcing the approval of the NITC very soon.
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According to the Windsor Star, Gov. Rick Snyder could be announcing the approval of the NITC very soon.
I think that if there ever was a perfect time for him to do that, it's now. You just never know with those crooked Michigan politicians though, he may have to approve it himself, without their support.
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That's one hell of a detour!
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WE Parkway on Flickr has posted some aerial photo updates on some of the diversion roads for the parkway project.

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When this thing really gets going I'm expecting to see a discovery channel special on it. It really is a Mega Project
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