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[thommyjo]

Construction on temporary West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre kicks off this month - Transforming Edmonton

Construction on the temporary West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre is scheduled to kick off this month. The transit centre is relocating a few blocks north to a portion of the mall’s overflow lot on 90 Avenue at 173 Street during Valley Line West LRT construction. It will be in operation there for...

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They're not tearing down the new bus station, right? Just building on top of it? Everyone on Facebook is losing their minds about wasted money when they just redid the station.

 

[CplKlinger]

They're not tearing down the new bus station, right? Just building on top of it? Everyone on Facebook is losing their minds about wasted money when they just redid the station.

I really wonder about that too. I love the new station, and I'd be pretty disappointed if they built it knowing it'd be torn down in just a few years. Unless there were some major issue that made the old station unsafe for use.

 

[Platinum107]

I do find it kinda strange that they rebuilt the transit centre only a few years ago only for it now to be rebuilt again with the train station on top of it. It could something like what you mentioned @CplKlinger but it's most likely poor coordination of city projects

 

[quit]

I do find it kinda strange that they rebuilt the transit centre only a few years ago only for it now to be rebuilt again with the train station on top of it. It could something like what you mentioned @CplKlinger but it's most likely poor coordination of city projects

No surprise to me. I still won't forget when the city repaved AND redid the curbs on 83 Ave East of Gateway Blvd to 99 Street a few summers ago and then proceeded to tear it up the next construction season and install bike lanes. Meanwhile, other parts of city infrastructure are literally crumbling. I don't know how one department can lack that much coordination.

 

[Glenco]

It wasn’t that long ago that they gentrified Stoney Plain Road. The idea of running the valley line al the road was just a glint in Mandel’s eye at the time but it was anticipated.

 

[The_Cat]

What about all the road construction that gets dug up for a water pipeline?

 

[Avenuer]

From this afternoon:

 

[The_Cat]

Great pics Avenuer. The Valley Line SE is looking great.

I was travelling around 83 Street/Argyll yesterday, and I was thinking that the left turn from Argyll onto 83rd should have a left turn signal light at the corner (by McDonald's) like the other intersections on the Valley Line.

 

[superelevation]

Does Davies not have escalators? (Can't see any) If that's the case I would be pretty dissapointed

 

[Avenuer]

Does Davies not have escalators? (Can't see any) If that's the case I would be pretty dissapointed

It looks like there are escalator-shaped forms through the glazing. For this scale of a station, I would be VERY surprised if we didn't have any escalators, as every other station with some form of grade separation does.

 

[Airboy]

Yes there is an up escalator in the centre.

 

[archited]

^^^^ but then how do you get back down again if your fear of trains compels you to leave?

 

[Platinum107]

Does Davies not have escalators? (Can't see any) If that's the case I would be pretty dissapointed

Of course they'd have escalators in there, along with one or 2 elevators. They kinda have to if it's a grade separated station like that.

 

[erudyk_29]

It's strange to me that the nicest, most expensive station on the line is in the middle of an industrial park. I know they had to separate the line by grade but it just is going to be weird seeing this beautiful station surrounded by gas stations and industrial lots. I heard something about some TOD here in the future but I'm assuming that's still gonna be a long time in the future.

 

[ChazYEG]

It's strange to me that the nicest, most expensive station on the line is in the middle of an industrial park. I know they had to separate the line by grade but it just is going to be weird seeing this beautiful station surrounded by gas stations and industrial lots. I heard something about some TOD here in the future but I'm assuming that's still gonna be a long time in the future.

I would bet on a commercial/office development in the area in the near future, but I don't see residential units popping up here in the next 50 years, at least