Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

If anyone wants to express support for more TOD around the west line, there’s a survey open for engagement about 156st and Stony Plain Road.

Some locals are attempting to organize against any sort of densification above townhomes, so comments in supportive of density along this route (which has 4 LRT stops), could be helpful to have.

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Stony Plain Road & 156 Street Corridor Area Draft Rezoning Proposals

Priority Growth Area Rezoning
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They’re working hard on 156st west side sidewalks. Probably giving it a final push the next few days before the winter weather finally sets in.

Grateful for the warm fall. Hopefully helps this project not fall too far behind.

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Well that's interesting. They're doing embedded track with the rail in place when they pour the concrete, as opposed to the method used on the VLSE where they poured the concrete, left a trough, and then installed the rail in the trough, securing it in place with an elastomeric grout. That explains the earlier image of the short section of complete track with the rail and flangeway fillers hanging out of it.
 
EdwardEdm said:
Well that's interesting. They're doing embedded track with the rail in place when they pour the concrete, as opposed to the method used on the VLSE where they poured the concrete, left a trough, and then installed the rail in the trough, securing it in place with an elastomeric grout. That explains the earlier image of the short section of complete track with the rail and flangeway fillers hanging out of it.
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I remember reading in one of the transforming Edmonton posts that casting rail in the bed allows for more control and precise track placement, so this seems to be a good thing
 
J_gordo said:
I remember reading in one of the transforming Edmonton posts that casting rail in the bed allows for more control and precise track placement, so this seems to be a good thing
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My non-professional opinion is the same. You have the rails gauged before the concrete is even poured. I strongly believe that TransEd had to bring in that milling machine because the rail wasn't quite properly gauged at locations on the SE line.
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This was track laying near Grey Nuns. While there are spacers attached to each side of the rails, but there's nothing actually gauging the rails. While in theory that rig should hold everything in place perfectly so that rails are in gauge, it just seems to me there's more room for error.
 
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