Edmonton's Harbin Gate on the move this weekend
原始发布日期： 2017-11-03 发布者：虫子字变大 字变小
Builder of Valley Line LRT warns of parking restrictions, noise as gate moved to storage facility in Cromdale
Construction crews are preparing to move Harbin Gate to make room for Valley Line LRT construction. (Rod Maldaner/CBC) Valley Line LRT construction crews have started removing the Harbin Gate from 102nd Avenue just east of 97th Street in downtown Edmonton Friday. The gate has been a prominent feature of Chinatown since 1987, when it was constructed to symbolize friendship with Harbin, China, Edmonton's sister city. It will be removed from its foundation and loaded onto a special transport vehicle Friday night. On Saturday, it will be moved to a city storage facility in Cromdale, Valley Line builder TransEd said in a news release. Removal of the Harbin Gate is necessary to allow LRT trains to travel on 102nd Avenue. The city has not decided where the gate will be installed after the construction project is complete. "We know that some Edmontonians are sad to see the removal of the Harbin Gate and we want to assure them that we are taking extreme care to move it safely," Colin Hill, TransEd's deputy project director, said in a statement. "For your own safety, please obey all signs and the directions of construction and transport personnel," said Mr. Hill. 
In April, construction crews removed two stone lions from the Harbin Gate. (Trevor Wilson/CBC) The gate was originally intended to be moved last spring. Two stone lions were removed from the landmark in April. But the project was rescheduled, in part because part of unrelated construction work along the approved route. Moving the gate is "challenging work, so it is important to stay a safe distance from the construction site," TransEd said. There are parking restrictions along the route the gate will travel and TransEd is also warning about noise on the weekend. TransEd warns of the following public impacts:
This map shows the route the Harbin Gate will travel this weekend from 102nd Avenue and 97th Street to a city storage facility in Cromdale. (TransEd) The Harbin Gate was originally intended to be moved last spring. The project was rescheduled, in part because part of unrelated construction work along the approved route. The southeast leg of the Valley Line LRT, running 13 kilometres from downtown to Mill Woods, is scheduled to go into service in December 2020. The project has a capital cost of $1.8 billion. |