LRT construction results in Caroline Street closure in Waterloo

WATERLOO REGION — Construction for the Ion light rail transit project has created its first road closure.

Workers started digging up Caroline Street, between Allen and William streets, at 6 a.m. Tuesday, said Kim Moser, spokesperson for the Ion transit system.

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"This is the first part of the project that is going to impact pedestrians and traffic," she said.

A groundbreaking was held a month ago in Waterloo at the Dutton Drive maintenance site for the train cars. There's been other preliminary work along the 19 km rail route between Conestoga and Fairview Park malls, but no road closures.

Underground work, the most disruptive part of the project, has started and will be done first, Moser said.

Water and sewer pipes are being upgraded and moved out of the route for trains along Caroline, she said.

After Thanksgiving, similar road closures are expected in Kitchener, along Borden Avenue and adjacent Charles Street.

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References: 

Record Staff. (2014, October 1). LRT construction results in Caroline Street closure in Waterloo. Retrieved 2014, from http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4888797-lrt-construction-results-in-caroline-street-closure-in-waterloo/

McCarthy, M. (2014, January 1). LRT road construction0104.