{"id":2630,"date":"2012-12-21T13:14:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2012-12-21T13:14:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T18:14:34","slug":"looking-back-on-2012-and-forward-to-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2012\/12\/21\/looking-back-on-2012-and-forward-to-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back on 2012…and forward to 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wow \u2013 what progress has been made in the past year on our rapidway projects! Just a few years ago we were in the planning and pre-construction stages for each of our projects. It\u2019s remarkable to see the plans taking shape, construction underway and truly visible changes happening.<\/p>\n

On Highway 7 East between Bayview and Highway 404, much of the heavy road work and vivastation construction was completed in 2012. We have some paving to do in the spring, along with finishing work on sidewalks and stations. This stretch of Highway 7 shows the layout of dedicated transit lanes and vivastations and how it will all work. Once the finishing work and landscaping is done, we\u2019ll really be able to see the transformation of Highway 7. East of Highway 404 to Warden, the last few months have seen huge changes, including road widening and prep work for the centre-lane vivastations leading to Warden Station \u2013 our fully built vivastation that\u2019s been in service since 2011. In 2013, we\u2019re planning to have the finishing work complete so we can put the rapidway to use between Bayview and Highway 404. East of Highway 404, vivastations will be popping up all year, with finishing work underway in 2014.<\/p>\n

Davis Drive in Newmarket is starting to show big changes. Utility work continues, hydro poles were moved and replaced earlier this year, and culvert work is underway to the east of the hospital. Near The Tannery, traffic is now driving on the new south side of the Keith Bridge, and pedestrians can run their hands along the new bridge railing \u2013 a nod to the history of this area. In 2013, construction will continue, as crews build a new north side of the Keith Bridge, and begin to widen Davis Drive.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the design\/build contract was awarded for rapidway construction on Highway 7 West in Vaughan, from Edgeley Boulevard to Bowes Road. We\u2019ve already started surveying and testing this section of Highway 7, and in 2013, crews will be relocating utilities and preparing for road widening.<\/p>\n

A rapidway is on the way for Yonge Street in Richmond Hill [Highway 7 to 19th<\/sup>\/Gamble] and Newmarket [Mulock to Davis] too, and we\u2019ll be awarding the contract for that work in 2013. Then we\u2019ll be surveying and testing these sections of Yonge Street, as we plan and schedule the construction work ahead.<\/p>\n

We know it\u2019s important to be able to get where you need to go, and that\u2019s why we keep lanes open as much as possible during peak traffic hours. Occasionally, we need to temporarily detour entrances and sidewalks and relocate transit stops, and in these cases we do everything we can to make sure everyone knows.<\/p>\n

We look forward to great transformations on York Region\u2019s key roads in 2013. We hope that your holiday season is merry, and that 2013 brings great things to you and yours.<\/p>\n

Click here to see our holiday card<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Wow \u2013 what progress has been made in the past year on our rapidway projects! Just a few years ago we were in the planning and pre-construction stages for each of our projects. It\u2019s remarkable to see the plans taking shape, construction underway and truly visible changes happening. On Highway 7 East between Bayview and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,42],"tags":[39,92,114,47,49,14,34,61,48,6,7,60,9],"class_list":["post-2630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","category-vivanextcom","tag-bus-rapid-transit","tag-davis-drive","tag-highway-7","tag-markham","tag-newmarket","tag-rapid-transit","tag-rapidway","tag-richmond-hill","tag-vaughan","tag-viva","tag-vivanext","tag-yonge-st","tag-york-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions\/2642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}