Overall:
Preparatory activities (borehole drilling, silt fence installation, site office mobilization, pre-construction surveys, etc.) are currently underway on each O-Train extension to facilitate the commencement of Stage 2 construction activities in 2019.
O-Train Confederation Line West Extension
(Click here for updates on the East and South extensions)
- Borehole drilling currently underway in the following locations:
- Lincoln Fields Station
- New Orchard Station
- Between Pinecrest Station & Connaught Tunnel
- Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway (near Churchill Avenue)
- Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway Cut and Cover Tunnel Preparatory Works
- The Sir John A. Macdonald (SJAM) Parkway is shifting north to accommodate the space required to construct a cut-and-cover tunnel between Dominion Station and Cleary Avenue
- Crews have commenced preparatory activities to realign the SJAM by installing signage, fencing and temporary concrete barriers. Topsoil stripping will commence upon the completion of barrier installation.
- From July to October 2019, Sir John A MacDonald Parkway will have off-peak lane reductions between Dominion Avenue and Cleary Avenue. Eastbound and Westbound traffic will be maintained at all times.
- The City of Ottawa continues to coordinate with the NCC’s Public Affairs Office to provide appropriate public notification (PVMS, resident notices, web updates, etc.)
- Crews are targeting to have the east bound lanes completed by this fall and the west bound lanes complete by spring 2020
- West day-to-day work yard set up
- Work has commenced to construct granular pad near Baseline Road and Navaho Drive/Transitway to support temporary modular trailer complex, parking spaces and a day-to-day yard.
- This site will be used for the coordination of Confederation Line West construction activities.
- Building demolition
- Building demolition is scheduled to occur in September 2019 within the project limits:
- On the east side of Connaught Avenue between Severn Avenue and Hanlon Avenue (three houses)
- On Richmond Road, east of Cleary Avenue (one strip mall).
- Building demolition is scheduled to occur in September 2019 within the project limits:
- Pre-construction surveys
- East-West Connectors (EWC) have retained DST Consulting Engineers to carry out a pre-construction survey of the homes and buildings located within close proximity to the project. As indicated in the east update, DST will be documenting properties to establish the existing conditions of the interior and exterior of buildings near the alignment, prior to construction.
