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David A said:
Historically I suppose, but the heart of Chinatown moved away from this area decades ago although still a few things left such as the seniors residence.

However, mostly this area is a collection of empty or underused commercial space and parking lots.
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Not moved, foreced.

Historic chinatown was gutted via development, much like historic black neighborhood's were.

We are only slightly better than Calgary, who has the distinction of having tried to burn theirs down along with physically harming the people who loved and worked there.
 
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Construction on Meadowlark Road Near 89 Avenue.
On or around March 17, 2026, Marigold crews will begin ductbank and rail construction on
Meadowlark Road near 89 Avenue.
More Info: https://tinyurl.com/3978be79
 
J_gordo said:
Are they required to hop off their bike? Or are most riders still just biking through? Seems like a minor issue if they can still bike through and ignore that rule
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There is currently a section where cyclists must dismount, and the winter maintenance is apparently worse than it was on 102 Ave. According to this blog post by YEG Bike, this is why the upcoming closure is worse:

"The section between 103 Street and 102 Street — where cyclists coming off the broken 103 Avenue detour were supposed to reconnect to the main bike lane network — will be replaced with a temporary Shared Use Path. In practice, this means a narrow sidewalk, hemmed in by construction hoarding and other obstructions, shared between cyclists and pedestrians. This is not an infrastructure solution. It is a liability disclaimer dressed up as one.

And it gets worse still. The notice states that cyclists will be asked to dismount and walk their bicycles at two points: across 102 Avenue at 106 Street, and between 103 Street and the SUP. Two dismount sections. On the same corridor. One of which already exists on the current broken detour.

This is not a cycling detour. It is a cycling obstacle course."
 
CplKlinger said:
There is currently a section where cyclists must dismount, and the winter maintenance is apparently worse than it was on 102 Ave. According to this blog post by YEG Bike, this is why the upcoming closure is worse:

"The section between 103 Street and 102 Street — where cyclists coming off the broken 103 Avenue detour were supposed to reconnect to the main bike lane network — will be replaced with a temporary Shared Use Path. In practice, this means a narrow sidewalk, hemmed in by construction hoarding and other obstructions, shared between cyclists and pedestrians. This is not an infrastructure solution. It is a liability disclaimer dressed up as one.

And it gets worse still. The notice states that cyclists will be asked to dismount and walk their bicycles at two points: across 102 Avenue at 106 Street, and between 103 Street and the SUP. Two dismount sections. On the same corridor. One of which already exists on the current broken detour.

This is not a cycling detour. It is a cycling obstacle course."
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It’s a pretty brutal detour. I’m not a fan when Cyclists over complain. I think we need to pick our battles. But for this entire stretch to be closed for all of 2026 with no reasonable detour is frustrating. 103st to Churchill/library should be done along 103ave.

Sure would help to have that 100ave connection with the funicular bridge thing.
 
whattheheck said:
The sense of entitlement among cyclists like the above is eye-rolling and gives a bad name to all the other cyclists who are not complaining and keeping calm and carrying on. Construction happens. Detours happen. Pedestrians, transit, etc etc. My goodness. The work has to be done.
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Call it entitlement all you want. But it’s not apples to apples with what drivers deal with. As someone that both bikes and drives year round, the impact to biking is drastically worse from construction, largely due to few redundancies in our network, and forced sharing of space with drivers who constantly speed, close pass, and blow through stop signs.

Wellington bridge is a great example. The primary entrance into downtown bike grid from the west end. Drivers have countless detours they can make. Bikes? They can use the single lane SPR and risk a psychotic driver running them over for going 25 in a 50 zone. They can bike 107ave with 8 lanes and 60km/hr traffic.

Or they can weave through glenora. But glenora streets have been barely bikeable for most of this winter due to unplowed snow, ice, ruts, etc. just so unsafe.

So drivers have small inconveniences of detours and traffic.
Bikers have dangerous, unbikeable shared streets.

Is that entitlement? Again, drivers have dozens of roads they can use. Bikers often have 1 safe path.

And drivers whine constantly about all constructions and detours and traffic haha. So I think it’s just human nature. We all dislike inconveniences.
 
It's really how construction are the growing pains of the city, and in this case, Marigold would rather have a very intense construction period of near total closure for 102 Avenue lasting one month than a lighter one lasting for longer. It's a gamble, and an admittedly tough choice, that had paid off a few times. Considering their admittedly lofty goal of having the entire track laid this year, they and the public have to make concessions somewhere. Here's to a speedy but safe 2026.
 
fromtraintotower said:
It's really how construction are the growing pains of the city, and in this case, Marigold would rather have a very intense construction period of near total closure for 102 Avenue lasting one month than a lighter one lasting for longer. It's a gamble, and an admittedly tough choice, that had paid off a few times. Considering their admittedly lofty goal of having the entire track laid this year, they and the public have to make concessions somewhere. Here's to a speedy but safe 2026.
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Yes, hopefully we have learned something from past construction. Better to have a shorter closure period if possible rather than a more drawn out one.
 
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