{"id":5481,"date":"2018-09-11T10:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2018-09-11T10:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:14:55","slug":"a-step-forward-discover-your-yonge-walking-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/a-step-forward-discover-your-yonge-walking-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"a step forward: discover your Yonge walking tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=seBCFtmg6RE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5482\" src=\"http:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blog_Corp_2018_09_10.jpg\" alt=\"a step forward: discover your Yonge walking tours\" width=\"450\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blog_Corp_2018_09_10.jpg 450w, https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blog_Corp_2018_09_10-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This summer, vivaNext offered the public a complimentary behind-the-scenes construction tour in Richmond Hill and it was a resounding success! You can view our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=seBCFtmg6RE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> on the Yonge Street tours.<\/p>\n<p>Participants got a closer look at the progress of the vivaNext rapidway construction project in various locations on Yonge Street in Richmond Hill \u2013 between Highway 7 and 19<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue\/Gamble Road \u2013 and highlighted the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The history of vivaNext<\/li>\n<li>The steps in building a rapidway<\/li>\n<li>How traffic signals function with a look inside a traffic controller cabinet<\/li>\n<li>Environmental mitigation strategies such as <a href=\"http:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/2010\/09\/07\/protecting-the-environment\/\">tree protection<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/2015\/05\/13\/greenery-all-around-us\/\">planting <\/a><\/li>\n<li>The importance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/business_profile\/business_profile_03\">supporting Yonge Street businesses<\/a> during construction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local residents who participated in the tour were enthusiastic!<\/p>\n<p>According to participant Marjorie Ball, \u201cgathering a better understanding of the complexity of the project was very helpful. It was well worth the time and a lot of good information came from the staff and personnel on site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the tour, each participant received a $15 lunch voucher to use at participating Yonge Street restaurants and these businesses were more than happy to be involved in this great initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question and answer part [of the tour] was fantastic!\u201d said participant George Blundell. \u201cThe tour was very interesting and informative and involved a well-rounded selection of employees, including community liaisons, summer students, constructors and engineers. Then getting the lunch voucher was just icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We want to thank all participants, supporting businesses and our staff for making these tours a success. We couldn\u2019t have done it without you!<\/p>\n<p>For information about ongoing vivaNext projects, be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/subscribe\/\">subscribe to email updates<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivanext\">follow us on Twitter<\/a>. You can also follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vivanext\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/vivaNext\/videos\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vivaNext\/\">Facebook<\/a>. Questions or comments? Comment below or email us at <a href=\"mailto:contactus@vivanext.com\">contactus@vivanext.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, vivaNext offered the public a complimentary behind-the-scenes construction tour in Richmond Hill and it was a resounding success! You can view our latest video on the Yonge Street tours. Participants got a closer look at the progress of the vivaNext rapidway construction project in various locations on Yonge Street in Richmond Hill \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,572],"tags":[943,34,61,7,1083,60],"class_list":["post-5481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","category-video-2","tag-construction","tag-rapidway","tag-richmond-hill","tag-vivanext","tag-walking-tour","tag-yonge-st"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481","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=5481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5483,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions\/5483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}