{"id":3978,"date":"2014-12-03T12:29:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T17:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2014-12-03T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T17:33:03","slug":"seeing-the-transformation-unfold-on-highway-7-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2014\/12\/03\/seeing-the-transformation-unfold-on-highway-7-west\/","title":{"rendered":"seeing the transformation unfold on highway 7 west"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/highway-7-west-vaughan\/related\/gallery\/\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3979\" title=\"click here to see the video of 2014 Vaughan rapidway construction\" src=\"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/H2_year_end_video_button.jpg\" alt=\"click here to see the video of 2014 Vaughan rapidway construction\" width=\"450\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/H2_year_end_video_button.jpg 450w, https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/H2_year_end_video_button-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>we\u2019ve been busy this year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Construction is well underway for the first phase of vivaNext rapidways in the City of Vaughan, and the transformation can be seen along Highway 7 West. Check out <a title=\"click here to see a video of 2014 Vaughan rapidway construction\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/highway-7-west-vaughan\/related\/gallery\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">our latest video<\/a> for an up-close look at the milestones we\u2019ve accomplished this year. Although construction will continue throughout the winter months from Edgeley Boulevard to Bowes Road, here\u2019s an update on the progress made in 2014:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Traffic has been shifted east of Jane Street to its final configuration, so that work in the centre of the road [including platforms and canopies] can begin in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>As part of the 8-metre expansion of the Canadian National Railway [CN] MacMillan Bridge, we poured over 800 tonnes of concrete to create new columns and bridge pier caps.<\/li>\n<li>Underground infrastructure revitalization continues \u2013 utility, telecommunications and storm sewer relocation is approximately 80% completed.<\/li>\n<li>Road widening is completed and base-layer paving is 90% finished between Jane Street and the CN Bridge. Paving activities will continue in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>In order to preserve the existing Black Creek and Hillside Culverts, retaining walls were built. In total, five retaining walls have been completed along the corridor with a few more set to get started in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Important traffic and pedestrian changes can be seen at several intersections. Motorists are benefiting from new turning movements and pedestrians now have two-stage crossings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We know construction can be messy and disruptive at times, and we thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue the transformation. For up-to-date information on construction progress and activities, visit <a title=\"Highway 7 West construction progress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/hwy7progress\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/hwy7progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we\u2019ve been busy this year Construction is well underway for the first phase of vivaNext rapidways in the City of Vaughan, and the transformation can be seen along Highway 7 West. Check out our latest video for an up-close look at the milestones we\u2019ve accomplished this year. Although construction will continue throughout the winter months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,30],"tags":[452,40,39,943,114,14,34,48,7,9],"class_list":["post-3978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","category-rapidways","tag-452","tag-brt","tag-bus-rapid-transit","tag-construction","tag-highway-7","tag-rapid-transit","tag-rapidway","tag-vaughan","tag-vivanext","tag-york-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978","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=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3985,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions\/3985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}