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City of London

Veterans Memorial Parkway Extension Huron Street to Clarke Road

City of London

AGENDA

1) Project History 2) Roadway and Streetscape 3) Construction Staging 4) Schedule 5) Questions

• 1996 EA completed to extend Airport Road from Oxford

Street to Clarke Road

• 2008 EA completed to widen and grade separate Veterans

Memorial Parkway (VMP) from Highway 401 to Clarke Road

• Property

negotiations between land

• wners and City
• f London for

extension of VMP to Clarke Road

• Stantec retained

by City (Jan 2016) to undertake preliminary and detail design, and tendering to extend VMP between Huron Street and Clarke Road

Project History

• The previous 2008 EA alignment was refined

during the project’s preliminary design phase to better match to the existing Clarke Road alignment

• Clarke Road Widening Environmental

Assessment completed in 2019 to confirm future VMP alignment

Previous Alignment Refined Alignment

VMP aligned to match into future Clarke Road widening to four lanes.

Project History

Roadway – VMP Extension

Roadway – VMP / Clarke / FCA

Roadway – VMP / Huron

• Two lane rural cross section for VMP

similar to VMP south of Huron Street

• Right-of-way incorporates ultimate

100 m width (where property permits) to protect corridor

• Future additional lanes are being

considered now to minimize future throwaway costs

• Permits ditches instead of a storm sewer

system to contribute to storm runoff quantity and quality control

Roadway - Cross Section

Goal:

• To create an extension of Veterans Memorial

Parkway that carries on the original intent of the parkway, to honour Canadian Veterans, as well as to provide native habitat where possible.

Objectives:

• Create a wave of red fall coloured trees to

signify remembrance.

• Use native trees where possible to integrate

with Fanshawe Conservation Area and support native species.

• Implement native grasses and wildflowers

where possible to create pollinator habitat.

• Accentuate intersections with flowering trees.

Legend:

Deciduous Trees Deciduous Trees with Red Fall Colour Flowering Deciduous Trees Coniferous Trees Existing Trees To Remain Seed Restoration

Streetscape Concept

Anticipated Spring/ Summer 2020

Construction

• Construct new VMP Corridor

Between Huron Street and Clarke Road

• Construct new drainage channel

and new stormwater management pond

Traffic

• Existing conditions, all lanes are
• pen on Clarke Road and Huron

Street

• Access maintained at all entrances

along Huron Street and Clarke Road including Fanshawe Conservation Area Entrance

Construction Stage 1

Anticipated Summer 2020

Traffic

• VMP will be closed from Oxford

Street to Huron Street with traffic detours for 6 weeks

• Huron Street at VMP to be

reduced to one lane, alternating traffic on granular surface

Construction

• Reconstruct Huron Street and

existing VMP

• Temporary widening on Clarke

Road in preparation for Stage 3

Construction Stage 2

• Ve te rans Me mo rial Parkway will be

c lo se d fro m Oxfo rd Stre e t to Huro n Stre e t fo r 6 we e ks.

• A te mpo rary ro ad c lo sure to

thro ugh traffic is re quire d during c o nstruc tio n due to the grade raise re quire d o n Huro n Stre e t.

• T

he te mpo rary ro ad c lo sure will also sho rte n the o ve rall duratio n o f c o nstruc tio n.

• Ac c e ss fo r re side nts and

e me rge nc y se rvic e s will be maintaine d during c o nstruc tio n.

• Advanc e signage and variable

me ssage signs will be use d to ale rt the public .

Detour Route – Stage 2

Anticipated Summer 2020

Traffic

• Huron Street will be open
• VMP will be open from

Fanshawe Conservation Area Entrance south

• Clarke Road will be open north

and south with traffic shifted at Fanshawe conservation Area Entrance

• Access to Fanshawe

Conservation Area via Clarke Road to Huron Street to New VMP Extension

• Single lane flagging on

Fanshawe Conservation Area Entrance as required to tie in new entrance

Construction

• Construct north tie-in of VMP to

Clarke Road

Anticipated Summer/ Fall 2020

Construction Stage 3

Anticipated Summer/ Fall 2020

Construction Stage 3 – FCA Entrance

Anticipated Fall 2020

Construction

• Construct tie-in of Clarke Road/ VMP

intersection with existing Clarke Road

• Removal of Old Clarke

Road/ Fanshawe Conservation Area Entrance

Construction Stage 4

Traffic

• Clarke Road traffic detoured along

new VMP extension to Huron Street

• Huro n Stre e t and VMP will be o pe n
• Clarke Ro ad no rth o f T

e d E arly Park will be c lo se d

• T

e d E arle y Park and Bulk Wate r Statio n ac c e ss will be maintaine d

• Ac c e ss fo r re side nts and e me rge nc y

se rvic e s will be maintaine d during c o nstruc tio n.

• Advanc e signage and variable

me ssage signs will be use d to ale rt the public .

Detour Route – Stage 4

Anticipated Fall 2020

MILESTONE TIMEFRAME

PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE OCTOBER 16, 2019 PUBLIC INPUT OCTOBER 30, 2019 FINALIZE DESIGN NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2019 TENDER ADVERTISING JANUARY 2020 TENDER AWARD / CONSTRUCTION START APRIL 2020

Schedule

Questions?