York Region Rapid Transit Corporation
Davis Drive and Yonge Street Updates
Town of Newmarket, Committee of the Whole
April 28, 2014
agenda
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Opening/Introduction
2.
Project update
3.
Summary of 2014 milestones
4.
Business Support
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Yonge Street
6.
Information sharing
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construction status: utilities
› Newmarket-Tay Power – 95% complete
› New pole installation, framing, stringing, old pole removals
› Enbridge – 95% complete
› Telecommunications – 55% complete
› Utility relocation work will be complete by late 2014
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construction status: retaining walls
› 15 retaining walls constructed
› Coping and handrail installation underway
› The last wall, on the northeast corner at Davis and Yonge, will be
completed this summer
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construction status: structures
› Keith Bridge
› Bridge construction scheduled for completion November 2014
› Number of traffic lanes will be dependent on the staging of other work in
the vicinity of the bridge
› Tom Taylor Trail will re-open by the end of the year
› Union Hotel
› Remobilizing this spring, construction of the new foundations will begin
› Move to permanent location scheduled for this summer
construction status: structures
› Eastern Creek
› Culvert construction completed
› Number of travel lanes will be
dependent on traffic staging through
the area
› Western Creek
› South side widening will begin in July,
completion scheduled for this fall
› North side completed
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construction status: road work
› Road widening
› This year the following segments will be
widened from:
› Yonge to Vincent on the north side
› Keith Bridge to Bolton on the north side
› Bolton to Roxborough on the south side
› Base-layer paving
› Will follow road widening
› Traffic staging
› There will continue to be one travel lane in
each direction with a dedicated left turn lane
[where possible] from Yonge to Roxborough
for the remainder of the year
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construction status: road work
› Boulevards
› Planters with interlocking paving stones and concrete sidewalks will be
installed in segments this year
› A full boulevard will be constructed on the south side of Davis east of Parkside
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construction status: vivastations
› The canopies are coming!
› The first two canopies will be constructed at Longford and Davis on the
eastbound and westbound platforms this year
› Construction of three other canopies will start later this year, including in
front of the hospital
› Construction of the final canopy will start next year
› There will be three centre-lane vivastations [6 canopies]
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minimizing disruption is a top priority
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summary of 2014 milestones
› A number of achievements will be reached this year:
› Utility completion
› Road widening
› Union Hotel move to permanent location
› Vivastation construction started and delivery of
first canopy steel structure
› Keith Bridge completion
› Boulevards in sections
› Completion of these milestones will be
communicated using a variety of tactics
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business support program
› ShopDavis – Business Support Program
› Partner with the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce to
help support businesses during construction
› Campaigns include:
› Newspaper, radio, digital ads;
› On-street billboards;
› Community engagement;
› Social media posts;
› Website posts and online business profiles; and
› Education programs offered through the Chamber
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yonge street bundle (Y2.1, Y2.2, Y3.2)
Y3.2
› Mulock to Davis Dr
› 2.4 km
› 3 stations
Y2.2
› Levendale Rd to 19th Ave
› 2.9 km
› 3 Stations
Y2.1
› Hwy 7 to Major Mackenzie
› 3.6 km
› 4 stations
yonge street project update
› Design Build Contract awarded
› Next steps: work plans, schedule development and design work
› Preliminary construction activities expected to begin later this year in
Newmarket
› Land acquisition completed in Newmarket, possession secured March 2014
› Substantial completion by the end of 2018
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information sharing
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partnering with communities to manage growth
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Plan View of Main St. and Davis Dr.
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IBI GROUP | MARCH 2014
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MAIN & DAVIS
PAINTED LETTERING
CORTEN STEEL PANEL
CORTEN STEEL POSTS
CORTEN STEEL PANEL WITH STAINLESS
STEEL LETTERS AND NEWMARKET LOGO
~ URBAN PARK ~
~ COMMERCIAL AREA ~
6.0 M CLEARANCE
PROPOSED NEWMARKET GATEWAY
4 LANE ROADWAY
CONCRETE SIDEWALK
WITH ACCENT UNIT PAVING
1.5M WIDTH GATEWAY STRIP - PLANTER AND SEAT WALL
1.5M WIDTH GATEWAY STRIP - PLANTER AND SEAT WALL
CONCRETE SIDEWALK
WITH ACCENT UNIT PAVING
Elevation D - Southwest and Southeast Corner of Main St.
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MAIN & DAVIS
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Perspective looking south along Main Street towards the future Urban Park
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Cross Section under Keith Bridge
East
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Existing Walkway
New Walkway
River rock in concrete
South Elevation
TOM TAYLOR TRAIL LINK-DAVIS DRIVE UNDERPASS
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