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chadderton baths oldham 2007
the art deco chaddy baths still stands at time of writing, but apparently a plot is afoot to knock it down - hence the photograph
Not a particuarly beautiful building, the harsh, art deco architecture has rotted away a bit (esp those old metal window frames) and the fabric of the building needs a few quid spending on it to keep it open.
UK Govt seem to be able to find £billions to squander on grandiose megaprojects like the Olympic Games and Millennium Dome (Doom!) whilst fine old buildings like this - which are of direct benefit to local communities - are left to go to rack and ruin.
To paraphrase an old song:
'The working class
can kiss my ass
I've got the minister's job at last'
Think City Vancouver Freeway Revolts – Bicycle Tour
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Tour participants viewing freeway construction on Hwy 1 from Grandview overpass
Starting along the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts we toured significant sites in Vancouver’s successful freeway revolt of the 60s and early 70s. As we head east we moved from the walking city in Strathcona / Chinatown to streetcar suburbs and discussed how public transit has shaped our city.
The tour ended at the site of the present day Highway 1 freeway widening, one of the key locations in the present day freeway revolt against the Gateway freeway megaproject.
Tour Host: Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty is a transportation and environmental planner. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. He is active with StopThePave.org and is also on the steering committee of the Vancouver / Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
R N Singh, Principal Executive Director (Infra), Ministry of
Railways, delivers a special presentation on the revolutionary mega projects being undertaken by Indian Railways. The speech took place at the 8th International Railway Summit in New Delhi on 22 November 2019.
© 2019 IRITS Events Ltd. Photo: Akshat Jain
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The UK needs to make a series of major strategic infrastructure decisions over the next few years, including airport capacity, climate change and energy security. Well-judged projects contribute to a successful economy – bad decisions can result in expensive mistakes.
Recent ‘megaprojects’ including High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C and the third runway at Heathrow have attracted both support and scepticism.
This event discussed whether big really is best or if smaller projects provide better value for money.
The Panel:
Bridget Rosewell OBE, Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission
Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader at Arup and former Deputy Mayor for Transport in London
Dr Ed Hoffman, Strategic Adviser at PMI and former Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA.
The event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government
We would like to thank the Project Management Institute for supporting this event.
Photos by Candice McKenzie
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Decided to plan a day to visit the Surrey Light Rail Vehicle (#SurreyLRV) Showcase and then the TransLink pop-up engagement event at Metrotown - Flickr album of all photos up at flic.kr/s/aHsmhHdR82 folks. As to the "pop-up engagement event", well this was at the same Metrotown I'm kinda familiar with... ( www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=63422257%40N08&view_al... )
But I really had to struggle to find the "pop-up engagement event" and it seems there wasn't much of a crowd for this "consultation" on multiple tax increases. I had to from the SkyTrain station cross the street and go deep into the bus barn to ask where the event was. Turns out it was on the second floor and there was ZERO wayfinding signage to the event. No wonder few folks participated.
I felt after talking to the outreach souls there it was more of a chance to explain without filters how TransLink was growing and why TransLink was raising taxes without a referendum. As TheBreaker.ca wrote on Twitter at twitter.com/theBreakerNews/status/992755016921468929 , "TransLink revealed 4/30 two rapid transit megaprojects will cost $4.5B, up $1.5B from 2015 plebiscite plan. Higher taxes and fares coming. This is what it calls “public consultation.” We call it “sales kiosk.” Joe would call it, "TransLink Public Briefing" because it's just TransLink giving the public a dog & pony show of what they're going to do. Which TransLink did quite well regardless of what the majority of the public or transit riders may or may not want.
Nonetheless, I do appreciate the free TransLink pro-transit buttons and the conversations. To each transit agency their own outreach hoping each outreach has better wayfinding than this one please, I suppose...
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
On Sunday, Nov.3, 2024, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the completion of two new elevators providing access to the street level and uptown level at the 14 St 123 subway station, marking another milestone in the 14 St Station Complex megaproject.
Credit: MTA
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Decided to plan a day to visit the Surrey Light Rail Vehicle (#SurreyLRV) Showcase and then the TransLink pop-up engagement event at Metrotown - Flickr album of all photos up at flic.kr/s/aHsmhHdR82 folks. As to the "pop-up engagement event", well this was at the same Metrotown I'm kinda familiar with... ( www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=63422257%40N08&view_al... )
But I really had to struggle to find the "pop-up engagement event" and it seems there wasn't much of a crowd for this "consultation" on multiple tax increases. I had to from the SkyTrain station cross the street and go deep into the bus barn to ask where the event was. Turns out it was on the second floor and there was ZERO wayfinding signage to the event. No wonder few folks participated.
I felt after talking to the outreach souls there it was more of a chance to explain without filters how TransLink was growing and why TransLink was raising taxes without a referendum. As TheBreaker.ca wrote on Twitter at twitter.com/theBreakerNews/status/992755016921468929 , "TransLink revealed 4/30 two rapid transit megaprojects will cost $4.5B, up $1.5B from 2015 plebiscite plan. Higher taxes and fares coming. This is what it calls “public consultation.” We call it “sales kiosk.” Joe would call it, "TransLink Public Briefing" because it's just TransLink giving the public a dog & pony show of what they're going to do. Which TransLink did quite well regardless of what the majority of the public or transit riders may or may not want.
Nonetheless, I do appreciate the free TransLink pro-transit buttons and the conversations. To each transit agency their own outreach hoping each outreach has better wayfinding than this one please, I suppose...
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
KLCC, 1 of malaysian Pride & gorgeous landmark. Taken after heavy downpour to minimize city haze.
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This is apart of the Big Dig. For those not familiar with it, the Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), a megaproject which rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief controlled-access highway through the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, into a 3.5 mile (5.6km) tunnel under the city. This project was developed in response to traffic congestion on Boston's historically tangled streets, which were laid out long before the advent of the automobile.
Anybody familiar with how bad Boston traffic was prior to the dig being done will attest to seeing some fist fights along the highway (I saw plenty)
Thought totally over budget, and now they want to turn the Rose Kennedy Greenway into retail space (bastards!!), oh and at least 1 person got killed because they stupidly used some wierd ceiling panels and glue, it has helped immensly with congestion in and out of Boston. Going to the airport is no longer the nightmare it used to be (though it costs nearly 10 bucks in tolls) The Lenny Zakim bridge is a spectacular sight.
Now if only they'd do something about Route 9.....
Megaprojects are typically defined as costing more than US$1 billion and attracting a lot of public attention because of substantial impacts on communities, environment and budgets. US Infrastructure online, take a look at some of America's biggest ever megaprojects.
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Rail pillars go up inside the beltway on the Dulles Metrorail Megaproject.(Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
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Spain seems to be drowning in megaprojects; one wonders how many will have to be abandoned half-completed as monuments to the bubble. This is an enormous suspension bridge to a small city.
Construction continues on phase one of the Dulles Metrorail Megaproject (off Route 123) near the future site of the Tysons East Station in Northern Virginia. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
On Sunday, Nov.3, 2024, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the completion of two new elevators providing access to the street level and uptown level at the 14 St 123 subway station, marking another milestone in the 14 St Station Complex megaproject.
Credit: MTA
MassDOT Secretary Richard A. Davey joins Governor Deval Patrick today to break ground on the start of construction to replace the Fore River Bridge connecting Quincy and Weymouth.
The $244 million replacement project is one of five “megaprojects” funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program. Since the program’s start in 2008, the number of structurally deficient bridges has declined approximately 20 percent.
Even een kleine update van dit langdurige project: Hier kijken we vanaf de Rozengracht richting west over de inmiddels voormalige brug over de Lijnbaansgracht.
De heipalen moeten voorkomen dat deze zijde van de kademuur in het water wegzakt. Aan de andere zijde is de brug en ondermuur weggehaald tot vlak boven de waterlijn, waar nu twee mensen druk aan het werk zijn- gadegeslagen door de man in oranje overall boven. Een smal loopbruggetje verbindt beide zijden van het gapende gat. Achter de hekken steekt een lijn 5 de geamputeerde kruising over.
Een fotoreportage over dit megaproject zie je in DIT album:
Jacobs and Bouygues Civil Works Florida – Port of Miami Tunnel and Access Improvements – (Miami, Florida, United States)
Original file name: GC1_2980
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), known unofficially as the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief highway through the heart of the city, into a 3.5-mile (5.6-km) tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous I-93 elevated roadway. Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals. The project concluded on December 31, 2007, when the partnership between the program manager and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ended.
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, nicknamed the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93) - the chief highway through the heart of the city - into a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous I-93 elevated roadway. The construction work began in 1991 and was scheduled to be completed in 1998; it wasn’t finished until 2006. The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling overruns, leaks, design flaws, charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials, criminal arrests and one death.
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Think City Vancouver Freeway Revolts – Bicycle Tour
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Tour participants at ground zero of present day freeway revolt in Vancouver, Grandview at Boundary.
Starting along the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts we toured significant sites in Vancouver’s successful freeway revolt of the 60s and early 70s. As we head east we moved from the walking city in Strathcona / Chinatown to streetcar suburbs and discussed how public transit has shaped our city.
The tour ended at the site of the present day Highway 1 freeway widening, one of the key locations in the present day freeway revolt against the Gateway freeway megaproject.
Tour Host: Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty is a transportation and environmental planner. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. He is active with StopThePave.org and is also on the steering committee of the Vancouver / Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
Palm Islands are three artificial islands, Palm Jumeirah, Deira Island and Palm Jebel Ali, on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Creation of the islands started in 2001. As of November 2011, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed. This island takes the form of a palm tree, topped by a crescent.
After completion, Palm Jebel Ali will take a similar shape. Like Palm Jumeirah, each island will be host to a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers and will add a total of 520 kilometers of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai. wikipedia
Palm Jumeirah[edit]
Main article: Palm Jumeirah
The Palm Jumeirah seen from the International Space Station.
The Palm Jumeirah (Coordinates: 25°06′28″N 55°08′15″E) consists of a tree trunk, a crown with 16 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometer-long breakwater. The island itself is five kilometers by five kilometers. It adds 78 kilometers to the Dubai coastline.
Residents began moving into Palm Jumeirah properties at the end of 2006, five years after land reclamation began.
Palm Jumeirah Monorail opened in 2009; it is connected to station 9 of the Dubai Tram (Palm Jumeirah Station).
Palm Jumeirah hosts the Atlantis hotel resort and it was opened in 2010.[1]
Palm Jebel Ali[edit]
Main article: Palm Jebel Ali
Palm Jebel Ali
The Palm Jebel Ali began construction in October 2000 and it was supposed to be completed by October mid-2008 but has been on hold since. Palm Jebel Ali was going to be built much larger than Palm Jumeirah, but has not yet been completed.[2][3]
Environmental concerns[edit]
The construction of the Dubai Palm Islands has had a significant impact on the surrounding environment, resulting in changes to area wildlife, coastal erosion, alongshore sediment transport and wave patterns. Sediment stirred up by construction has suffocated and injured local marine fauna and reduced the amount of sunlight which filters down to seashore vegetation. Variations in alongshore sediment transport have resulted in changes in erosion patterns along the UAE coast, which has also been exacerbated by altered wave patterns as the waters of the Persian Gulf attempt to move around the new obstruction of the islands. [4][5]
Dubai's megaprojects have become a favourite cause of environmentalists. Greenpeace has criticized the Palm Islands for lack of sustainability, and Mongabay.com, a site dedicated to rain forest conservation, has attacked Dubai's artificial islands aggressively, stating that:
Significant changes in the maritime environment [of Dubai] are leaving a visual scar [... ] As a result of the dredging and redepositing of sand for the construction of the islands, the typically crystalline waters of the Persian Gulf at Dubai have become severely clouded with silt. Construction activity is damaging the marine habitat, burying coral reefs, oyster beds and subterranean fields of sea grass, threatening local marine species as well as other species dependent on them for food. Oyster beds have been covered in as much as two inches of sediment, while above the water, beaches are eroding with the disruption of natural currents. wikipedia
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, nicknamed the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93) - the chief highway through the heart of the city - into a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous I-93 elevated roadway. The construction work began in 1991 and was scheduled to be completed in 1998; it wasn’t finished until 2006. The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling overruns, leaks, design flaws, charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials, criminal arrests and one death.
The UK needs to make a series of major strategic infrastructure decisions over the next few years, including airport capacity, climate change and energy security. Well-judged projects contribute to a successful economy – bad decisions can result in expensive mistakes.
Recent ‘megaprojects’ including High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C and the third runway at Heathrow have attracted both support and scepticism.
This event discussed whether big really is best or if smaller projects provide better value for money.
The Panel:
Bridget Rosewell OBE, Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission
Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader at Arup and former Deputy Mayor for Transport in London
Dr Ed Hoffman, Strategic Adviser at PMI and former Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA.
The event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government
We would like to thank the Project Management Institute for supporting this event.
Photos by Candice McKenzie
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Thank you to the 500+ MIAMI members who joined us for our sold-out 2025 South Florida Real Estate Summit
It was an excellent turnout at last night's Public Information Meeting for the Fore River Bridge Project in Weymouth. This is one of five “megaprojects” funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program. MassDOT will stay engaged with the public as construction moves forward.
Construction continues on phase one of the Dulles Metrorail Megaproject (off Route 123) near the future site of the Tysons East Station in Northern Virginia. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)