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Add Another Month To Cameron Street Bridge Construction

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Monday, April 06, 2009 03:58 AM

Prince George, B.C. - Looks like the Cameron Street Bridge won’t be completed and “Officially opened” until late July.
 
In a report to be presented to Prince George City Council this evening Superintendent of Operations, Bill Gaal says the work to complete the bridge will “extend into the summer”.
 
There is still a great deal of work to be done. The old spans have been removed and the steel girders put in place but the watermain has yet to be attached to the bridge and the roundabout needs to be constructed at the north end of the bridge.
 
The construction of the roundabout will follow the watermain work once the weather conditions allow for it. The roundabout still needs to be brought to sub-grade elevation, catch basins & electrical fixtures require installation, then the crush base will be placed, concrete curb & gutter and sidewalks will be installed and preparation for, and paving can then take place.
 
It will be mid July before Council sees a proposal for the opening ceremony for the bridge.

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I think the company who bid to built this bridge should be held to the cost. The seem to be dragging their feet a lot. I have driven by the area fair regular and probably half the time nothing is going on. Are they getting paid to do nothing? It seem so.
It's winter. Some things can't be done. Or more to the point, can't be done without a lot of extra expense.

So that's why there appears to be a slowdown, or nothing happening some days. If the work is dependent on warm weather, there's your answer.
round about noooooooo.
I hope there are penalties in the contract for being late!
To sooth the savage breast;
I do not believe that IDL is making any more profit from having the project take longer. In fact, their costs may well rise because of the increased time. And,,,,,,,,,,
roundabout: yessssssssssssss!!!
more stop and go signals on our roads: NO!
metalman.
I can see myself turning right roundabout here ....
"savage breast"... Now there's a mental picture for you.
Does it really matter WHEN it will be ready? It's way over budget and not on time so take some more time and I suspect that not too many people will be even the slightest bit upset.
This will be a major truck route, a roundabout is a bad idea.

Also think about snow clearing around a roundabout.
You can clear snow in a roundabout, it isn't difficult.
Unless they changed the design of the roundabout it is going to be terrible, City staff admmitted that when a big rig is in the roundabout cars will not be able to enter it. So there will either be lots of accidents or lots of stopping.
ya the reasonableman, plows cant go around curves its way to hard. All the culdesacs in town must just be impossible to plow.

doy doy...

Round abouts are the most effiecent way to handle traffic...learn to drive....
It is a real mess.
Not the contractor's fault.
It is a political legacy from Kinsley.
Anyone concerned about the local citizens who will be affected by the noise from this catastrophe'?
If not concerned,how would you like this mess in your neighbourhood?
Nothing new here. I suspect that the date of late July is also a bunch of ballyhoo., It will probably be much later.

This Bridge has been a fiasco since day one.

The City says that they are putting in a round about because it would be cheaper that a light system, however that it probably crap. I suspect that the real reason is that if you had a light system you would have to have the cars and trucks heading North to the Hart Highway, West on Nth Nechako, and East on Pulp Mill road stopping on the Bridge, and then possibly, depending on traffic backed up to River Road.

Major design flaw on this bridge. They have Mickey Moused it right from the get go., and it will cost millions and not solve a single problem. Maybe cause problems.
Palopu: "They have Mickey Moused it right from the get go., and it will cost millions and not solve a single problem. Maybe cause problems."

Does that mean that you are getting a sour feeling about the Cameron Street thingy?

:-) just kidding....