7.4 Maintenance and Storage Facility

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1 Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Project 7.4 Maintenance and Storage Facility A Maintenance and Storage Facility is required to support the LRT component of the RT system. These facilities typically include provision for service, inspection, repair and shunting. Some of the common support operations found at maintenance and storage facilities include: Crew office; Dispatch center; Machine shop; Administration office; Stores; Employee / visitor parking; and Outside material storage for signals, track and traction power supplies. A Maintenance and Storage Facility site evaluation ranked several sites against a set of five (5) criteria: Site description; Costs; Operations; Environmental and socio-economic impacts; and Land use. The site that best met the identified requirements is located in the Northfield industrial area (518 Dutton Drive) between the Waterloo Spur rail line and Highway 85 (Figure 7-14). This is near the northern limits of the RT corridor, north of Weber Street and east of the Waterloo Spur. Based on the City of Waterloo s zoning by-law, current zoning on the site is 1-6 (Industrial 6) and its property code is 736 (clubs, private and fraternal). The current zoning is compatible with the proposed use. Land uses in the surrounding area are predominantly industrial and commercial, with a residential neighbourhood approximately 250 m south of the property, on the south side of Weber Street. The site is approximately 68,000 m 2 (16.86 ac) in size. It is the former manufacturing and warehousing facility of Bauer Industries, a textile manufacturer that provided products for the automotive industry. A large manufacturing/warehouse building with office space and truck loading bays exists on the property. Due to its location and configuration, it is not likely that the building can be reused for the Maintenance and Storage Facility. A small woodlot takes up approximately one quarter of the property. The proposed layout demonstrates that the full conceptual Maintenance and Storage Facility can be built with little impact to this woodlot (see Volume 2: Functional Design Drawings, Sheet 55). A high tension hydro corridor also runs along the southeastern edge of the land. Rail access to and from the RT corridor will be in the southwest corner of the site. The site is approximately 10 km north of GRT s bus yard (Strasburg Barn) on Strasburg Road. March

2 Waterloo Waterloo AY W GH HI 85 GH HI AY W Kitchener Kitchener 85 Legend Roads Maintenance and Storage Facility Rail Watercourses Proposed LRT h Kilometers Rapid Transit Project Transit Project Assessment Process Maintenance and Storage Facility Location PARKS ID E DR Datum: NAD 83, Zone 17 Source: OBM, GRCA, ROW WEBE R ST N DUTTO N DR November 2011 Figure :2,000 This drawing has been prepared for the use of AECOM's client and may not be used, reproduced or relied upon by third parties, except as agreed by AECOM and its client, as required by law or for use by governmental reviewing agencies. AECOM accepts no responsibility, and denies any liability whatsoever, to any party that modifies this drawing without AECOM's express written consent.

3 Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Project 7.5 Park and Ride Facilities The RT corridor will include three (3) park and ride locations to provide access for riders at the following locations: Northfield Drive, Waterloo near the interchange with Highway 85; Fairview Park Mall, Kitchener near the interchange of Fairway Road and Highway 8; and Sportsworld Drive, Kitchener near the interchange with Highway 8. Specific site details will be addressed during future design phases. 7.6 Related Structures A replacement/expansion program and order of magnitude cost estimate for each existing or new structure requiring modifications as a result of the RT project was prepared under previous phases of this project. The recommendations for each structure as they impact the current functional design are listed below in Table 7.3. Table 7.3 Proposed Structure Recommendations LRT System (Conestoga Mall to Fairview Park Mall) Structure or Proposed Work Northfield Drive over Highway 85 Remove asphalt and cast concrete curbs. Waterloo Spur under Weber Street Waterloo Spur over Cedar Creek (Old Albert Street) Waterloo Spur over Silver Lake/Laurel Creek King Street under CN Guelph Subdivision near Victoria Street Borden Avenue over Schneider Creek Ottawa Street over Schneider Creek CN Huron Park Spur under Highway 7/8 Embankment slope removal. Culvert extension. Remove existing railway structure. structure for two (2) LRT tracks. Pedestrian bridge to remain. fully-grade separated crossing with road and LRT under the CN rail line. Grade separation will be integrated with the multi-modal terminal at this location. structure to remain. structure to be superimposed over top of existing one. structure to remain. structure to be superimposed over top of existing one. Complete structure replacement with new single-span bridge. March

4 CN Huron Park Spur over Schneider Creek Courtland Avenue over Montgomery Creek bridge of same or similar construction adjacent to existing bridge. No structural work required. abrt System (Fairview Park Mall to Ainslie Street Terminal) Structure or Proposed Work Highway 8 over the Grand River MTO is currently constructing the widening of Highway 8. The future structure will be wide enough to accommodate the bus bypass shoulders. Highway 8 over King Street Highway widening will be part of the MTO s Grand River bridge widening project. Highway 8 over Sportsworld Drive Highway 8 Flyover to Highway 401 Highway 401 under Fountain Street Highway 401 over CPR Waterloo Subdivision Highway 401 under Speedsville Road Highway 401 over the Speed River and Tributaries Highway 401 over CN Fergus Spur Hespeler Road over CPR Waterloo Subdivision No structural work required. No structural work required. No structural work required. No structural work required. No structural work required. No structural work required. No structural work required. The Region is constructing a new structure under a separate project. The structure will be wide enough to accommodate an 8 m RT corridor. No structural work required as part of this project. 7.7 Utilities The following assumptions were made with respect to utilities: Utilities that cross the RT corridor transversely will generally not be problematic and these utilities will remain in place unless there is a compelling reason to remove or replace the utility. However, all utility crossings should be reviewed to determine if the transverse crossing could potentially become problematic; The 8.0 m RT right-of-way width will not need to be isolated from utilities; If the utility is less than 30 years old, the utility will likely remain in place; 142

5 Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Project If the utility is between 30 and 40 years old, the break history/maintenance records of the utility will be reviewed. A Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) inspection could be used to determine structural integrity; If the utility is 40 years old or more, the utility should be replaced; and If utilities are to be replaced, the first priority will be to try to move the utility outside of the RT corridor. Co-ordination with Utilities Upon review of existing construction drawings from previous Regional and municipal projects, staff superimposed the alignment of the proposed transit corridor to assess the location of the alignment in relation to existing utility infrastructure. In addition, an examination of possible road widening alignments required to accommodate RT was undertaken. A high level review of the resulting details was conducted through a series of meetings held individually with representatives from Hydro One Networks and each of the tenant municipal and private utilities, except Allstream. Allstream initially declined to meet at this functional design stage, but desires involvement at subsequent stages. Discussions at the meetings varied considerably, but fell into the following general topics: Impact of transit corridor on parallel and perpendicular running utilities; Stray current impacts and mitigation; Cost sharing between parties; Future proceedings for utilities to access plants for maintenance and upgrading; Lane closures; and Vertical conflicts with overhead utility lines that are under/over the transit corridor. The Region is in the process of completing a detailed topographic survey of the proposed RT corridors in Kitchener and Waterloo. Through cooperation with municipal and private utility representatives, field locates of existing underground infrastructure will be done at the same time and tied into the topographic survey. This will allow the generation of a comprehensive and accurate base plan for future design. Going forward, the municipal and private utility representatives have agreed to work cooperatively with the Region in its design and construction of the proposed RT project. Ongoing meetings will be scheduled to ensure the design and implementation of any relocation is done in a timely fashion and budgeted appropriately by the responsible parties. March

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