{"id":12600,"date":"2019-10-17T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12600"},"modified":"2019-10-17T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:33:34","slug":"wellington-connector-construction-on-schedule-fall-2021-target-for-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12600","title":{"rendered":"Wellington Connector construction on schedule; Fall 2021 target for opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WELLINGTON: <\/strong>Construction of the Wellington\/Aerotech Connector is on schedule, says a Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal spokeswoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marla MacInnis was responding to an Oct. 11 inquiry from The Laker<\/em>\n to TIR about the status of the project and where it stands. An \nEnvironmental Assessment was filed in September, and a decision from the\n Minister of Environment is expected this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe project is \nrunning on schedule,\u201d said MacInnis. \u201cConstruction is expected to start \nnext year, pending environmental assessment approval.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \nConnector was greeted with much fanfare on March 2, 2017 when Liberal \nMPs Darrell Samson and Sean Fraser joined MLA Bill Horne for the \nannouncement at the Wellington-Fletchers Lake Station House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At \nthat presser, it was announced that the feds are contributing $10 \nmillion to the construction of the Wellington\/Aerotech Connector; while \nthe province is contributing $11.2 million to cover the $21 million \nproject. It will be five kilometres in length, and include two \nroundabouts, one of which is near Sunylea Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an April 17, \n2019 public open house in Wellington, residents voiced concerns of \nblasting impact on residents wells in Oaken Hills; noise from transport \ntrucks along the road; impact on the environment; and the speed limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials\n from TIR provided answers to many residents questions as well as heard \nconcerns. There was also a spot to leave feedback and drop it in a box \nfor TIR to consider as they look at what improvements can be made, if \nany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacInnis said a list of concerns and comments from the open house were compiled and reviewed by the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe department\u2019s general construction\/maintenance practices will mitigate most concerns,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No further consultations are planned at this time, said MacInnis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\n had been questions from some in the community on whether transit \noptions would be possible as part of the new connector. MacInnis doused \nany hopes of that possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPark and ride\/transit options are not part of the project at this time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At\n the April 2019 meeting, a timeline for the work was posted and it \nindicated that clearing work will take place between Fall 2019 and \nSpring 2020; subgrade and structure work will take place Spring 2020 to \nFall 2020; with paving and roundabouts being constructed Spring 2021 to \nFall 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wellington\/Aerotech Connector is expected to be open to traffic by Fall 2021, said MacInnis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WELLINGTON: Construction of the Wellington\/Aerotech Connector is on schedule, says a Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal spokeswoman. Marla MacInnis was responding to an Oct. 11 inquiry from The Laker to TIR about the status of the project and where it stands. An Environmental Assessment was filed in September, and a decision from the Minister of Environment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12],"tags":[212,727,2,831,143,442],"class_list":["post-12600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-aerotech-connector","tag-construction","tag-fall-river","tag-tir","tag-wellington","tag-wellington-connector"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}