Walker Road Underpass

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• I have been thre numerous times as well and noticed hardly anyone around each time I was there. I wonder why that is? Lets hope it can meet the completion date.

• You have to drive down Walker Road up to St. Julien, park on the west Chrysler parking lot from there you will have a better view of this project. The underpass is nearly dug out and the new bridge is well underway. In other words all construction is on the north side of the tracks.

• Thanks Daniel, I'll check it out from the North Side.

• The bridge that you currently see is the temp bridge to be used while the permanent version is excavated and built.

• Well the thing you guys are calling a bridge, is not really a bridge at all. All it is is shored up walls, keep the dirt and such from moving while the trains go around. I have been following the project for a bit now, and I got some recent pictures on Sunday. You can see the updates from when they first closed the road in August, to when the first day of the Bypass track was put in, and to know where they are digging the hole on the north side of the tracks.

  http://www.trainweb.org/swontariotrain/walkerrd/walkerrd.html

• No one around doing construction during the day? You would think that the closure of a main artery such as Walker road that affects so many people would be high on the list for completion by city government. No wonder it's going to take well almost 2 years to build a railway overpass. Ridiculous. The Ambassador Bridge company says they can build a second span in 36 months.

• I was told that it is a provincial project. From what I was told, the city was pushing for round the clock 24/7 until done (read: more expensive) but the province insisted on banker's hours (read: cheaper).

  Everyone's lost time, lost commerce, etc. was obviously not factored into these calcs. ;)

• I don't understand how this could be more expensive to run a 24 hour operation. Considering the unemployment rate in Windsor I would imagine yoiu wouldn't HAVE to give premium wages to work at night. They do it in the USA quite a lot. But then I guess the union would be up in arms over it.

  It only took the original builders of the bridge a couple of years and that was by steam shovels and cables. It is absurd how long it takes to do things today considering our technology.

• Politics. Unionism. Safety. Environmentalism. Not all the reasons certain processes take longer are bad, but some of them are bad (like the political infighting over the 401-to-Bridge route).

  I take it you've seen the 'Building the Bridge' video? It's enough to make your hair curl. I don't know if there were any fatalities but it would amaze me if they pulled that off without someone getting hurt.

• "ME" Just to reply to your comment about blaming the unions again.
  If they did work nights it would not be premium rate but they may be entitled to a shift premium.
  If they did work nights they would need many other company's who supply them to work nights, such as a load of gravel, concrete, steel, etc etc etc. This would add to the cost of the project maybe not a bad thing because it would be done quicker but the politicians involved made the decision on cost.
  Some of you here love to blame the unions for everything in this city (you know who you are) but good paying jobs is what builds communities. I would hate to see this city without those jobs. Everyone's wages would drop, the housing values would drop, crime would go up and I hope the one's complaining about unions would be first victims.
  Yes I'm union not only for the wages but for safe working conditions because I want to go home to my family everyday in the same condition I entered my workplace at the start of my shift.
  You can say we have laws for safety and I would agree but if know one is there to enforce than company's will not follow because their only concern is to get their product out the door as cheap and quick as possible.