By Staff
June 3rd, 2021
BURLINGTON, ON
Lane Closures: Lakeshore Road at Martha Street, June 5, 2021
A striking look – just in an awkward location.
Lakeshore Road at Martha Street will have lane closures:
Saturday, June 5
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
One lane will remain open on Lakeshore Road for westbound traffic.
A section of Martha Street between Lakeshore Road and Pine Street will be closed:
Eastbound traffic will be detoured via Old Lakeshore Road.
The ADI Nautique condominium is past the just underground work.
They are now ready to install a crane to begin build floor by floor.
While the building itself has a lot going for it – ADI has always done good design – nothing boring about their product.
The site – at the corner of Martha and Lakeshore is small and in a very awkward location in terms of the impact on traffic.
The ADI Group brought along a number of staff to a public meeting to explain the construction management plan they would put in place once construction began.
They do have an an interesting and innovative construction management plan in place. But jammed up traffic is not an experience once looks at with a smile.
ADI skillfully deployed the OMB and the follies of the previous Council (read, the sort-of Official Plan and the “downtown urban transit hub”) to force approval of a building twice the height allowed, on a lot the size of a gas station. They will now tie up downtown residential areas for years while building, and ruin the downtown forever – because they have now set the minimum standard of over-building that other developers drool to emulate. Their buyers will enjoy planning an extra 15 minutes of commute to get out of the huge underground parking maze. Should they wish to have children, they will need it to drive their offspring to a school which will be — somewhere to be determined, but not nearby.
Congratulations and thanks to Adi group for bringing back high paying jobs to this community. Hopefully this can help some of the working poor.