By Pepper Parr
January 27th, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
The beginning of the new Beachway community will show its head when the city begins upgrading Lakeshore Road from Maple Avenue to the Waste Water Treatment plant.
Work on a road that will have two lanes, curbs, bike lanes and come in at a cost of $4,170,000 is expected t begin in July – the Regional government will pick up $1 million of the expense.
The rebuilding of the road is tied into the re-build/redevelopment of the Joseph Brant Hospital that is coming along very well – they expect to have poured the slab for the top floor by the end of the month – or very soon after. There will be a rolling closure of the road, expected to begin in July through to November.
The Region is installing a 300 mm water main replacement.
Laura Gillespie points out the part of the Beachway that affects her the most – the spot where her house is located. The upgrading of Lakeshore Road will not go as far as her house. Her hope is that the house stays.
Lakeshore Road will be raised as much as three feet in that area directly in front of the Road where the hospital construction is taking place.
And there will be a traffic signal at the hospital parking garage – a sign that the Beachway is going through a real change
None of the homes the Region is very anxious to purchase will see the new road running in front of their door – the work on that part of Lakeshore Road is dependent on the recommendations of the Burlington Beach Regional Waterfront Master Plan.
So, the idea is to install a bike lane adjacent to the existing multi-use path along the beach? Or will this new path be another disjointed “path to nowhere” that is oh so common in our fair, eager to be hip, but not so eager to execute city?
Well put John. Think it’s going to be another “path to nowhere”. Probably won’t go anywhere further until new road plans are done for Beachway. That all depends on the house purchases. Think 2026, or 2036, 2046…